Attentional Control as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Difficulties Accessing Effective Emotion Regulation Strategies and Distress Tolerance

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-84

  Bardeen, Joseph R ^a   Tull, Matthew T ^a   Dixon Gordon, Katherine L ^a   Stevens, Erin N ^b   Gratz, Kim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Avoidance; Distress tolerance; Emotion regulation; Emotion regulation self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939897680     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9433-2     Document Type: Article

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