Childhood Trauma and Personal Mastery: Their Influence on Emotional Reactivity to Everyday Events in a Community Sample of Middle-Aged Adults

Frank J. Infurna; Crystal T. Rivers; John Reich; Alex J. Zautra

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0121840

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Childhood Trauma and Personal Mastery: Their Influence on Emotional Reactivity to Everyday Events in a Community Sample of Middle-Aged Adults

Frank J. Infurna ,

* E-mail: Frank.Infurna@asu.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Crystal T. Rivers,

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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John Reich,

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Alex J. Zautra

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
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Childhood Trauma and Personal Mastery: Their Influence on Emotional Reactivity to Everyday Events in a Community Sample of Middle-Aged Adults

Frank J. Infurna,
Crystal T. Rivers,
John Reich,
Alex J. Zautra

Published: April 7, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121840

About the Authors

Frank J. Infurna

* E-mail: Frank.Infurna@asu.edu

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Crystal T. Rivers

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

John Reich

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Alex J. Zautra

Affiliation Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJI CTR JR AJZ. Performed the experiments: CTR JR AJZ. Analyzed the data: FJI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJI CTR JR AJZ. Wrote the paper: FJI CTR JR AJZ.

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