Autobiographical memories for very negative events: The effects of thinking about and rating memories

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-48

  Rubin, David C ^a   Boals, Adriel ^b   Klein, Kitty ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Emotion; Expressive writing; Narrative; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SYMPTOM; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 75949106017     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-008-9226-6     Document Type: Article

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