Training ruminators to inhibit negative information: A preliminary report

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 160-171

  Daches, Shimrit ^a   Mor, Nilly ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brooding; CBM; Depression; Inhibition; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896471566     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9585-5     Document Type: Article

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