Improving Acute Stress Responses: The Power of Reappraisal

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-56

  Jamieson, Jeremy P ^a   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^b   Nock, Matthew K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion regulation; psychophysiology; reappraisal; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872766839     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721412461500     Document Type: Review

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