Suppressing thoughts of past events: Are repressive copers good suppressors?

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 513-531

  Barnier, Amanda J ^a   Levin, Kirsty ^a   Maher, Alena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

EID: 3042638129     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930341000428     Document Type: Article

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