Ruminations on worry: Issues related to the study of an elusive construct

Behaviour Change

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 193-199

  Davis, Maryanne ^a   Montgomery, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEAR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031470212     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0813483900003302     Document Type: Review

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