The Role of Positive Beliefs about Worry in Generalized Anxiety Disorder and its Treatment

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 126-138

  Borkovec, T D ^a   Hazlett Stevens, H ^a   Diaz, M L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011156602     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0879(199905)6:2<126::AID-CPP193>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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