Dealing with emotions when the ability to cry is hampered: Emotion processing and regulation in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 492-498

  van Leeuwen, Ninke ^a,b   Bossema, Ercolie R ^a   van Middendorp, Henriët ^b   Kruize, Aike A ^b   Bootsma, Hendrika ^c   Bijlsma, Johannes W J ^b   Geenen, Rinie ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Crying; Emotions; Quality of life; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; CRYING; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 84867348394     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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