Retrieval properties of negative vs. positive mental images and autobiographical memories in social anxiety: Outcomes with a new measure

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 505-517

  Moscovitch, David A ^a   Gavric, Dubravka L ^a   Merrifield, Colleen ^a   Bielak, Tatiana ^a   Moscovitch, Morris ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Mental imagery; Self representations; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS; WATERLOO IMAGES AND MEMORIES INTERVIEW;

ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959542306     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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