A penny for your thoughts: Dimensions of self-generated thought content and relationships with individual differences in emotional wellbeing

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Andrews Hanna, Jessica R ^a   Kaiser, Roselinde H ^a   Turner, Amy E J ^a   Reineberg, Andrew E ^a   Godinez, Detre ^a   Dimidjian, Sona ^a   Banich, Marie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical; Depression; Mind wandering; Mindfulness; Rumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009793537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00900     Document Type: Article

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