Memory and Narrative of Traumatic Events: A Literature Review

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 149-156

  Crespo, Maria ^a   Fernandez Lansac, Violeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

autobiographical memory; linguistic measure; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); trauma narrative

Indexed keywords

EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85027930820     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/tra0000041     Document Type: Article

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