Worry: A cognitive phenomenon intimately linked to affective, physiological, and interpersonal behavioral processes

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 561-576

  Borkovec, T D ^a   Ray, William J ^a   Stöber, Joachim ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Childhood development; Cognition; Emotional processing; Physiology; Worry

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032418402     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018790003416     Document Type: Review

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