Reappraisal as a mediator in the link between 5-HTTLPR and social anxiety symptoms

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1012-1022

  Miu, Andrei C ^a   Vulturar, Romana ^b   Chiş, Adina ^b   Ungureanu, Loredana ^c   Gross, James J ^d  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c Department of Dermatology   (Romania)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Cognitive reappraisal; Emotion regulation; Serotonin; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEL MUTATION; L ALLELE; LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REAPPRAISAL; S ALLELE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER LINKED POLYMORPHIC REGION GENE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84890085842     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033383     Document Type: Article

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