Autobiographical memory specificity and affect regulation: an experimental approach.

This study investigated J. M. G. Williams's (1996) affect-regulation hypothesis that level of specificity of autobiographical memory (AM) is used to minimize negative affect. It was found that a negative event leads to more reports of subjective stress in high- as compared with low-specific par...

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Main Authors: Raes, F, Hermans, D, de Decker, A, Eelen, P, Williams, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003