An investigation of the relationship between positive affect regulation and depression

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-56

  Werner Seidler, Aliza ^a,b   Banks, Rosie ^b   Dunn, Barnaby D ^b   Moulds, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Depression; Emotion regulation; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHORIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY;

EID: 84869878719     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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