The tendency to suppress, inhibiting thoughts, and dream rebound

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 163-168

  Taylor, Fiona ^a   Bryant, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dreams; Ironic control; Thought suppression; Unwanted thoughts

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SLEEP; THINKING;

ADULT; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION;

EID: 33751058495     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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