Reduced Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Posttraumatic Stress: Exploring the Contributions of Impaired Executive Control and Affect Regulation

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 236-241

  Dalgleish, Tim ^a   Rolfe, Jennifer ^a   Golden, Ann Marie ^a   Dunn, Barnaby D ^a   Barnard, Philip J ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical Memory Test; executive control; posttraumatic stress; PTSD; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 39449133694     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.117.1.236     Document Type: Article

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