Summoning white bears or letting them free: The influence of the content of control instructions on target thought frequency

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-258

  Rassin, Eric ^a,b   Muris, Peter ^a   Jong, Jeffrey ^a   De Bruin, Gwendolijn ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Instructions; Thought frequency; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 21844438987     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-005-2405-9     Document Type: Article

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