Ameliorating intrusive memories of distressing experiences using computerized reappraisal training

Emotion

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 778-784

  Woud, Marcella L ^a   Holmes, Emily A ^b   Postma, Peggy ^c   Dalgleish, Tim ^d   Mackintosh, Bundy ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias modification; Emotion regulation; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Reappraisal; Trauma film

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTERIZED REAPPRAISAL TRAINING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MALE; MEMORY; MOOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TRAINING; VIGNETTE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; INJURY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868341501     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024992     Document Type: Article

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