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Autonomic reactivity during acute social stress: exploratory investigation of an interaction by threat interpretation bias and emotion regulation difficulties

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Pages 251-264 | Received 10 Jun 2022, Accepted 06 Jul 2023, Published online: 15 Jul 2023

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