Can shame memories become a key to identity? The centrality of shame memories predicts psychopathology

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-290

  Pinto Gouveia, José ^a   Matos, Marcela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAME; STRESS;

EID: 79953055647     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1689     Document Type: Article

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