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Positive and negative affect mediate the bidirectional relationship between emotional processing and symptom severity and impact in irritable bowel syndrome.

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Abstract
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Individuals with IBS report higher levels of psychological distress compared to healthy controls. Distress has been associated with emotional processing difficulties but studies have not explored how the relationship between distress and emotional processing affects IBS. There is little research on the role of positive affect (PA) in IBS.

Year of Publication
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2018
Journal
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Journal of psychosomatic research
Volume
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105
Number of Pages
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1-13
ISSN Number
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0022-3999
URL
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http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022-3999(17)30919-4
DOI
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10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.11.016
Short Title
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J Psychosom Res
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