The effects of suppressing unwanted thoughts and replacement strategy

Japanese Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-126

  Kimura, Haruka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intrusive thoughts; Paradoxical effects; Replacement thoghts; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644219914     PISSN: 00215015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5926/jjep1953.52.2_115     Document Type: Article

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