Thought suppression

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 59-91

  Wenzlaff, Richard M ^a   Wegner, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrusive thought; Ironic processes; Mental control; Rebound effect

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; THINKING;

COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEMORY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC PROCESSES; REPRESSION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINKING;

EID: 0033654540     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.51.1.59     Document Type: Article

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