Impact of childhood trauma, alexithymia, dissociation, and emotion suppression on emotional Stroop task

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Wingenfeld, Katja ^a   Riedesel, Kirsten ^a   Petrovic, Zorica ^a   Philippsen, Christine ^a   Meyer, Björn ^a   Rose, Matthias ^a   Grabe, Hans J ^b   Barnow, Sven ^c   Löwe, Bernd ^a   Spitzer, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Emotion regulation; Mental disorder; Stroop test

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SOMATIZATION; STROOP TEST;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; STROOP TEST;

EID: 78650526702     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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