Language use in imagined dialogue and narrative disclosures of trauma

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-146

  Burke, Philip A ^a   Bradley, Rebekah G ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF DISCLOSURE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 33745425650     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20102     Document Type: Article

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