Effects of Ruminative and Distracting Responses to Depressed Mood on Retrieval of Autobiographical Memories

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 166-177

  Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^a   Caldwell, Nicole D ^a   Nolen Hoeksema, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; STUDENT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEGATIVISM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STUDENTS;

EID: 0032113853     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.1.166     Document Type: Article

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