A Meta-Analytic Review of Overgeneral Memory: The Role of Trauma History, Mood, and the Presence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 157-164

  Ono, Miyuki ^a   Devilly, Grant J ^a   Shum, David H K ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

depression; Meta analysis; overgeneral memory; PTSD; trauma

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; HUMAN; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; HUMANS; MEMORY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84969871273     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000027     Document Type: Review

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