The generalizability of thought suppression ability to novel stimuli

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 677-687

  Nixon, Reginald D V ^a   Flood, Joh ^a   Jackson, Kate ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Intrusions; Mood; Thought suppression; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845494257     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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