Individual differences in the memory representation of emotional episodes: Exploring the cognitive processes in repression

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1064-1079

  Schimmack, Ulrich ^a   Hartmann, Katja ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE EVENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRESSION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS;

EID: 0031280281     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.73.5.1064     Document Type: Article

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