The other side of rumination: reflective pondering as a strategy for regulating emotions in social situations

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 584-594

  Cristea, Ioana Alina ^a,b   Matu, Silviu ^a   Szentagotai Tatar, Aurora ^a   David, Daniel ^a,c  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acceptance; emotion regulation; reappraisal; reflective pondering; social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884227666     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2012.725469     Document Type: Article

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