Remembering the good, forgetting the bad: Intentional forgetting of emotional material in depression

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 640-648

  Joormann, Jutta ^a   Hertel, Paula T ^b   Brozovich, Faith ^a   Gotlib, Ian H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Depression memory; Intentional forgetting; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MOOD; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 28544438181     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.114.4.640     Document Type: Article

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