Depression and interpersonal stress: The mediating role of emotion regulation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 600-608

  Moriya, Jun ^a,b,c   Takahashi, Yusuke ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Emotion regulation; Interpersonal stress; Mediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881220496     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-012-9323-4     Document Type: Article

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