The effect of overgeneral autobiographical memory retrieval on rumination

Psychologica Belgica

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 131-141

  Raes, Filip ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^a   Williams, J Mark G ^b   Geypen, Linda ^a   Eelen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750039179     PISSN: 00332879     EISSN: 2054670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/pb-46-1-2-131     Document Type: Review

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