Positive affectivity and attentional control moderate the link between negative affectivity and depressed mood

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 802-807

  Vasey, Michael W ^a   Harbaugh, Casaundra N ^a   Mikolich, Marissa ^a   Firestone, Allen ^a   Bijttebier, Patricia ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Depression; Effortful control; Negative affectivity; Positive affectivity; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873715055     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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