Benefitting from a different perspective: The effect of a complementary matching of psychological distance and habitual perspective on emotion regulation

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-207

  Wang, Ya Ling ^a   Lin, Yi Cheng ^a   Huang, Chin Lan ^b   Yeh, Kuang Hui ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attachment anxiety; Attachment avoidance; Emotion regulation; Psychological distance; Self distancing; Self immersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865304790     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2012.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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