Rumination, Sexual Orientation Uncertainty, and Psychological Distress in Sexual Minority University Students

The Counseling Psychologist

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 497-523

  Borders, Ashley ^a   Guillén, Luis A ^a   Meyer, Ilan H ^b  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; rumination; sexual orientation; stress; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899011556     PISSN: 00110000     EISSN: 15523861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011000014527002     Document Type: Article

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