Content analysis of worrisome streams of consciousness in anxious and dysphoric participants

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-123

  Molina, Silvia ^a   Borkovec, Thomas D ^a   Peasley, Catherine ^a   Person, Denise ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Content analysis; Depression; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; SELF REPORT; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031747407     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018772104808     Document Type: Article

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