Autobiographical memory specificity and affect regulation: Coping with a negative life event

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 787-792

  Hermans, Dirk ^a   De Decker, An ^b   De Peuter, Steven ^a   Raes, Filip ^a   Eelen, Paul ^a   Williams, J Mark G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory specificity; Avoidance; Coping; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51949105528     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20326     Document Type: Article

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