Self-serving episodic memory biases: Findings in the repressive coping style

Self-serving episodic memory biases: Findings in the repressive coping style

Individuals with a repressive coping style self-report low anxiety, but show high defensiveness and high physiological arousal. Repressors have impoverished negative autobiographical memories and are better able to suppress memory for negatively valenced and self-related laboratory materials when as...

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Main Authors: Lauren L Alston, Carissa eKratchmer, Anna eJeznach, Nathan T Bartlett, Patrick SR Davidson, Esther eFujiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
Memory
Valence
Delay
self-relevance
repressive coping style
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00117/full

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