The impact of stress on mothers' memory of a natural disaster

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 142-154

  Parker, Janat Fraser ^a   Bahrick, Lorraine E ^a   Fivush, Robyn ^b   Johnson, Paulette ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory of a natural disaster; Stress and memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MOTHERS; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748759827     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.12.3.142     Document Type: Article

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