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Reappraisal as a mediator in the link between 5-HTTLPR and social anxiety symptoms.
Emotion (Washington, D.C.) - 1 Dec 2013
Miu Andrei C, Vulturar Romana, Chiş Adina, Ungureanu Loredana, Gross James J
Abstract excerpt
Social anxiety symptoms have been related to (a) polymorphisms in the serotonin-transporter gene-promoter region (also, serotonin-transporter-linked polymorphic region; 5-HTTLPR) and (b) reduced use of adaptive forms of emotion regulation such as reappraisal. It is not known, however, whether reappraisal functions as a mediator in the link between 5-HTTLPR and social anxiety. To address this issue, 182 unselected...
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