"Why" or "How": The Effect of Concrete Versus Abstract Processing on Intrusive Memories Following Analogue Trauma

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 404-415

  White, Rachel ^a,c   Wild, Jennifer ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstract; Concrete; Intrusive memories; Processing mode; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT PROCESSING; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCRETE PROCESSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTRUSIVE MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; MENTAL FUNCTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84962799429     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2016.02.004     Document Type: Article

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