Rumination and implicit avoidance following bereavement: An approach avoidance task investigation

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-91

  Eisma, Maarten C ^a   Rinck, Mike ^b   Stroebe, Margaret S ^a,c   Schut, Henk A W ^a   Boelen, Paul A ^a   Stroebe, Wolfgang ^a,c   Van Den Bout, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Rumination Worry Prolonged grief Avoidance Approach avoidance task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEREAVEMENT; DEATH; DEPRESSION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GRIEF; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROLONGED GRIEF; RUMINATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916887271     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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