Repressive Coping: Distraction Using Pleasant Thoughts and Memories

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-62

  Boden, Joseph M ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; THINKING; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; REPRESSION; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; THINKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031182264     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.1.45     Document Type: Article

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