Ironic Effects of Emotion Suppression When Recounting Distressing Memories

Emotion

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 744-749

  Dalgleish, Tim ^a   Yiend, Jenny ^b   Schweizer, Susanne ^a   Dunn, Barnaby D ^a  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; emotion regulation; ironic process theory; suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WRITING;

EID: 70350135640     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017290     Document Type: Article

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