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Acknowledgments

This publication was supported by the Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center (PMBC; NIH grants HL076852/076858) and by MH30915 and MH65430 awarded to Carnegie Mellon University.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Michael F. Scheier Ph.D.

  2. Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Joel B. Greenhouse Ph.D.

  3. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA

    Heather N. Rasmussen Ph.D.

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Scheier, M.F., Greenhouse, J.B. & Rasmussen, H.N. Reply to Roseman, Milette, Zhao, and Thombs. ann. behav. med. 39, 207–209 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-010-9183-7

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