To dissociate or suppress? predicting automatic vs. conscious cognitive avoidance

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 444-457

  Hetzel Riggin, Melanie D ^a   Wilber, Emily L ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive avoidance; Peritraumatic dissociation; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sexual assault; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE AVOIDANCE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRESS; THINKING; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX OFFENSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958105187     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2010.495376     Document Type: Article

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