Relationship between worry, anxiety and thought suppression and the components of working memory in a non-clinical sample

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 170-177

  Crowe, Simon F ^a   Matthews, Carolyn ^a   Walkenhorst, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34547673240     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060601089462     Document Type: Article

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