Schema-driven construction of future autobiographical traumatic events: The future is much more troubling than the past

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 612-630

  Rubin, David C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Future thought; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Schema; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CUES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897528903     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032638     Document Type: Article

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