The effects of analytical and experiential rumination on autobiographical memory specificity in individuals with a history of major depression

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3077-3087

  Crane, Catherine ^a   Barnhofer, Thorsten ^a   Visser, Claire ^a   Nightingale, Helen ^a   Williams, J Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Depression; Mood; Recovery; Retrieval; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

EID: 35549013210     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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