Autobiographical memory for shame or guilt provoking events: Association with psychological symptoms

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 646-652

  Robinaugh, Donald J ^a   McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Centrality of events; Depression; Guilt; PTSD; Shame; Visual perspective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROVOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHAME; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; EMOTION; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHAME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953363808     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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