Predicting the impact of trauma disclosure on physiological responses: How cognitive style challenges our ideas about coping

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 697-715

  Brouwers, Melissa C ^a   Sorrentino, Richard M ^b   Roney, Christopher J R ^b   Hanna, Steven E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 8744299354     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.23.5.697.50745     Document Type: Article

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