Unconscious thought reduces intrusion development: A replication and extension

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-185

  Krans, Julie ^a   Janecko, Dörte ^b   Bos, Maarten W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrusions; PTSD; Trauma film paradigm; Unconscious Thought Theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHT;

AFFECT; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THINKING; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84870186468     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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