Sad as a Matter of Choice? Emotion-Regulation Goals in Depression

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1216-1228

  Millgram, Yael ^a   Joormann, Jutta ^b   Huppert, Jonathan D ^a   Tamir, Maya ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; emotional control; emotions; goals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GOALS; GRIEF; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938575333     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615583295     Document Type: Article

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