Understanding the social effects of emotion regulation: The mediating role of authenticity for individual differences in suppression

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 314-329

  English, Tammy ^a,b   John, Oliver P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Close relationships; Emotion expression; Emotion regulation; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HABITUAL ADAPTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITIVE EMOTION; SATISFACTION; SELF ACTUALIZATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881086961     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029847     Document Type: Article

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