REPRESSIVE COPING AND THE RECALL OF EMOTIONAL MATERIAL

Citation
Lb. Myers et Cr. Brewin, REPRESSIVE COPING AND THE RECALL OF EMOTIONAL MATERIAL, Cognition and emotion, 9(6), 1995, pp. 637-642
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
ISSN journal
02699931
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
637 - 642
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-9931(1995)9:6<637:RCATRO>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Individuals who possess a repressive coping style are known to have di fficulty in retrieving negative autobiographical memories. We investig ated whether these findings were specific to autobiographical memories . After learning a story containing positive and negative information about mothers and fathers, repressors remembered significantly fewer n egative phrases than did controls, although there were no differences in the recall of positive material.