Rumination and Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory in Adolescents: An Integration of Cognitive Vulnerabilities to Depression

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 806-818

  Hamlat, Elissa J ^a   Connolly, Samantha L ^a   Hamilton, Jessica L ^a   Stange, Jonathan P ^a   Abramson, Lyn Y ^b   Alloy, Lauren B ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent psychopathology; Autobiographical memory; Depression; Rumination; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84892469845     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-014-0090-2     Document Type: Article

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