Cognitive strategies to regulate emotions-current evidence and future directions

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Moyal, Natali ^a   Henik, Avishai ^a   Anholt, Gideon E ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive strategies; Distraction; Emotion regulation; Labeling; Reappraisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893539337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.01019     Document Type: Article

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