Reduced autobiographical memory specificity predicts depression and posttraumatic stress disorder after recent trauma.
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Reduced Autobiographical Memory Specificity Predicts Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Recent Trauma
In this prospective longitudinal study, the authors examined the relationship between reduced specificity in autobiographical memory retrieval and the development of depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and specific phobia after injury in an assault. Assault survivors (N = 203) completed the Autobiographical Memory Test (J. M. G. Williams & K. Broadbent, 1986) at 2 weeks after the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1939-2117,0022-006X
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006x.76.2.231