Reappraisal and suppression mediate the contribution of regulatory focus to anxiety in healthy adults

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 610-615

  Llewellyn, Nicole ^a   Dolcos, Sanda ^a   Iordan, Alexandru D ^a   Rudolph, Karen D ^a   Dolcos, Florin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Approach orientation; Avoidance orientation; Emotion control; Emotion dysregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE REAPPRAISAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; EXPRESSIVE SUPPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATH ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883222124     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032568     Document Type: Article

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