The effects of revisionism on remembered emotion: The valence of older, voluntary immigrants' pre-migration autobiographical memories

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 895-913

  Schrauf, Robert W ^a   Hoffman, Lesa ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); JUVENILE; MIGRATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RECALL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 36448955417     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1304     Document Type: Article

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