Beliefs About Emotion: Links to Emotion Regulation, Well-Being, and Psychological Distress

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 497-505

  De Castella, Krista ^a,b   Goldin, Philippe ^b   Jazaieri, Hooria ^b   Ziv, Michal ^b   Dweck, Carol S ^b   Gross, James J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84889565461     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2013.840632     Document Type: Article

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