Within the mind's eye: Negative mental imagery activates different emotion regulation strategies in high versus low socially anxious individuals

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 426-432

  Moscovitch, David A ^a   Chiupka, Caitlin A ^a,b   Gavric, Dubravka L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Emotion regulation; Mental imagery; Self control; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; EMOTION REGULATION; MENTAL IMAGERY; SELF-CONTROL; SOCIAL ANXIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879179334     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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