Fear of anxiety: Do current measures assess unique aspects of the construct?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 607-612

  Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a   Norton, G Ron ^c   Lanthier, Nicole J ^c   Cox, Brian J ^b  

^a Wascana Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 0030138616     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0191-8869(95)00207-3     Document Type: Article

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