Ethnic Variation in Emotion Regulation: Do Cultural Differences End Where Psychopathology Begins?

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 335-351

  Arens, Elisabeth A ^a   Balkir, Nazli ^a   Barnow, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

depression; emotion regulation; immigration migration; mental well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874411463     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022112453314     Document Type: Article

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