Associations between components of rumination and autobiographical memory specificity as measured by a Minimal Instructions Autobiographical Memory Test

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 892-903

  Debeer, Elise ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^a   Raes, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory specificity; Autobiographical Memory Test; Brooding; Reflection; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LITERATURE; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CUES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049154456     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210903376243     Document Type: Article

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