Chronic Thought Suppression

ABSTRACT We conducted several tests of the idea that an inclination toward thought suppression is associated with obsessive thinking and emotional reactivity. Initially, we developed a self‐report measure of thought suppression through successive factor‐analytic procedures and found that it exhibite...

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Published in:Journal of personality 1994-12, Vol.62 (4), p.615-640
Main Authors: Wegner, Daniel M., Zanakos, Sophia
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Affect
Behavior
Chronic thought suppression
Cognition & reasoning
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Emotions
Humans
Mental stress
Obsessive Behavior
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - psychology
Personality
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Repression, Psychology
Social cognition
Social research
Thinking
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Behavior
Chronic thought suppression
Cognition & reasoning
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Emotions
Humans
Mental stress
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Personality
Psychoanalysis
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Repression, Psychology
Social cognition
Social research
Thinking
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