Increased Attentional Control for Emotional Distractors Moderates the Use of Reflective Pondering in Times of Life Stress: A Prospective Study

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 474-483

  Vanderhasselt, Marie Anne ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a   Goubert, Liesbet ^a   Raedt, Rudi De ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Depressive brooding; Emotional distractors; Reflective pondering; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866445027     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.846     Document Type: Article

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