A pathway from neuroticism to depression: examining the role of emotion regulation

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 558-572

  Yoon, Kathleen Lira ^a   Maltby, John ^b   Joormann, Jutta ^c  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; emotion regulation; neuroticism; reappraisal; rumination; suppression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84884225322     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2012.734810     Document Type: Article

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