Does rumination mediate the relationship between emotion regulation ability and posttraumatic stress disorder?

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ehring, Thomas ^a   Ehlers, Anke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional regulation; PTSD; Rumination; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962149906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v5.23547     Document Type: Article

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