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. 2000 Mar;73(1):139-42.
doi: 10.1348/000711200160264.

Attitudes towards emotional expression, relational competence and psychological distress

T Surgenor  1 , S Joseph
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Attitudes towards emotional expression, relational competence and psychological distress

T Surgenor et al. Br J Med Psychol. 2000 Mar.

Abstract

The association between life events and psychological distress was found to be mediated by attitudes towards emotional expression for those with low social support but not for those with high social support. Passive interpersonal behaviour significantly accounted for additional variance in psychological distress to that accounted for by life events and attitudes.

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