Preliminary investigation of the role of previous exposure to potentially traumatizing events in generalized anxiety disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 134-138

  Roemer, Lizabeth ^a,c   Molina, Silvia ^a   Litz, Brett T ^b   Borkovec, T D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

etiology; maintenance; stressors; trauma; worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STUDENT; THEORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030434977     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1996)4:3<134::AID-DA6>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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