Turning lemonade into lemons: Dampening appraisals reduce positive affect and increase negative affect during positive activity scheduling

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 91, Issue , 2017, Pages 91-101

  Burr, Leigh Anne ^a   Javiad, Mahmood ^a   Jell, Grace ^a   Werner Seidler, Aliza ^b   Dunn, Barnaby D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity scheduling; Anhedonia; Appraisal style; Depression; Emotion regulation; Positive affect

Indexed keywords

ANHEDONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEMON; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANHEDONIA; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012298617     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2017.01.010     Document Type: Article

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