Trauma‐related rumination mediates the effect of naturally occurring depressive symptoms but not momentary low mood on trauma intrusions

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 75-86

  Kubota, Rie ^a   Nixon, Reginald D v ^a   Chen, Junwen ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

comorbid depression; intrusion; posttraumatic stress disorder; rumination; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974728766     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12074     Document Type: Article

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