This too shall pass: Temporal distance and the regulation of emotional distress

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 356-375

  Bruehlman Senecal, Emma ^a   Ayduk, Ozlem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Psychological distance; Stress; Temporal distance; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME PERCEPTION; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME PERCEPTION; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925435255     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038324     Document Type: Article

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