Relationship between cognitive avoidant coping and changes in overgeneral autobiographical memory retrieval following an acute stressor.
According to the functional avoidance hypothesis, overgeneral autobiographical memory, the tendency to retrieve personal memories in a less specific format, might serve an affect-regulating function. Reducing the specificity of memories of negative events may prevent individuals from re-experiencing...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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