Emotional intensity of idiographic sad memories in depression predicts symptom levels 1 year later

Emotion

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-242

  Rottenberg, Jonathan ^a   Joormann, Jutta ^b   Brozovich, Faith ^b   Gotlib, Ian H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memories; Depression; Disclosure; Emotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FOLLOW UP; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEMORY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22244450648     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.5.2.238     Document Type: Article

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