Emotion Regulation and its Influence on Body-Related Distress in Overweight Women

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 529-545

  Svaldi, Jennifer ^a   Naumann, Eva ^a   Trentowska, Monika ^a   Lackner, Helmut K ^b   Tuschen Caffier, Brunna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

acceptance; body dissatisfaction; emotion regulation; heart rate; obesity; overweight; rumination; sympathetic activity; vagal activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905908410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.028712     Document Type: Article

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