Overgeneral autobiographical memory predicts changes in depression in a community sample

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1303-1312

  Van Daele, Tom ^a,b   Griffith, James W ^a,c   Van den Bergh, Omer ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Autobiographical memory; Community sample; Depression; Latent growth curve modelling; Overgeneral autobiographical memory (OGM); Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905120447     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.879052     Document Type: Article

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