The Effects of Expressive and Experiential Suppression on Memory Accuracy and Memory Distortion in Women with and without PTSD

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 368-392

  Moore, Sally A ^a   Zoellner, Lori A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; memory; memory distortion; PTSD; suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896715441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.024411     Document Type: Article

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