Emotional coregulation in close relationships

Emotion Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-210

  Butler, Emily A ^a   Randall, Ashley K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

coregulation; emotion regulation; linkage; synchrony; transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875875030     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073912451630     Document Type: Article

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