Anger and major depressive disorder: The mediating role of emotion regulation and anger rumination

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-41

  Besharat, Mohammad Ali ^a   Nia, Mahin Etemadi ^a   Farahani, Hojatollah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anger; Anger rumination; Emotion regulation; Major depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANGER RUMINATION; ANGER RUMINATION SCALE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANGER INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873147423     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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