Undoing the effects of seizing and freezing: Decreasing defensive processing of personally relevant messages

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 803-830

  Block, Lauren G ^a   Williams, Patti ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035999307     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2002.tb00243.x     Document Type: Article

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