Hypochondriacs' estimation of negative outcomes: Domain-specificity and responsiveness to reassuring and alarming information

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 819-833

  Haenen, Marie Anne ^a   De Jong, Peter J ^a   Schmidt, Anton J M ^a   Stevens, Susan ^a   Visser, Leny ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypochondriasis; Negative affectivity; Reassurance; Threat perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INFORMATION; LAKE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; THREAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGATIVISM; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0034257169     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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