Testing the CaR-FA-X model: Investigating the mechanisms underlying reduced autobiographical memory specificity in individuals with and without a history of depression

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 471-486

  Sumner, Jennifer A ^a,e   Mineka, Susan ^a   Adam, Emma K ^a   Craske, Michelle G ^b   Vrshek Schallhorn, Suzanne ^a,d   Wolitzky Taylor, Kate ^c   Zinbarg, Richard E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Car FA X model; Depression; Mechanisms; Overgeneral autobiographical memory; Reduced autobiographical memory specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MODEL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REDUCED AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY SPECIFICITY; RUMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; EPISODIC MEMORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905585147     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037271     Document Type: Article

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