Emotional clarity as a function of neuroticism and major depressive disorder

Emotion

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 615-624

  Thompson, Renee J ^a   Kuppens, Peter ^b   Mata, Jutta ^c,d   Jaeggi, Susanne M ^e   Buschkuehl, Martin ^f,g   Jonides, John ^f   Gotlib, Ian H ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g MIND Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Emotional clarity; Major depressive disorder; Negative emotionality; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL CLARITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NATURALISTIC INQUIRY; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942819487     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/emo0000067     Document Type: Article

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