Adaptive modes of rumination: the role of subjective anger

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 580-589

  Pfeiler, Tamara M ^a   Wenzel, Mario ^a   Weber, Hannelore ^b   Kubiak, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

anger associated rumination; anger related coping strategies; self distancing; social interaction; Subjective anger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RUMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; ADOLESCENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949188398     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2015.1117961     Document Type: Article

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