Expressive writing in the clinical context

Emotion Regulation: Conceptual and Clinical Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 215-233

  Smyth, Joshua M ^a   Nazarian, Deborah ^a   Arigo, Danielle ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84892335336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-29986-0_14     Document Type: Chapter

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