Repressive coping and the directed forgetting of emotional material

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-148

  Myers, Lynn B ^a,d   Brewin, Chris R ^b   Power, Mick J ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0031891173     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.107.1.141     Document Type: Article

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