Autobiographical memory and language use: Linguistic analyses of critical life event narratives in a non-clinical population

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 278-287

  Rullkoetter, Nina ^a,b   Bullig, Renate ^b   Driessen, Martin ^a,b,c   Beblo, Thomas ^a   Mensebach, Christoph ^a   Wingenfeld, Katja ^d  

^a EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

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EID: 60149090309     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1456     Document Type: Article

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