The Role of Culture and Self-Construal in the Link Between Expressive Suppression and Depressive Symptoms

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 316-331

  Su, Jenny C ^a   Lee, Richard M ^b   Oishi, Shigehiro ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; depression; emotion regulation; expressive suppression; self construal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872351980     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112443413     Document Type: Article

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