Events that have become central to identity: Gender differences in the centrality of events scale for positive and negative events

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-121

  Boals, Adriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CENTRALITY OF EVENT SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77950131637     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1548     Document Type: Article

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