Recalling positive self-defining memories in depression: The impact of processing mode

Memory

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 525-535

  Werner Seidler, Aliza ^a   Moulds, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Depression; Processing mode; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898059081     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2013.801494     Document Type: Article

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