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15 - Experimentally examining the role of self-identity in posttraumatic stress disorder

from Part IV - Autobiographical memory, identity, and psychological well-being

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2015

By
Adam D. Brown ,
Nicole A. Kouri ,
Amy Joscelyne ,
Charles R. Marmar  and
Richard A. Bryant
Edited by
Lynn A. Watson  and
Dorthe Berntsen
Lynn A. Watson
Affiliation:
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Dorthe Berntsen
Affiliation:
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
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Clinical Perspectives on Autobiographical Memory , pp. 316 - 334
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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