Experimental manipulation of intolerance of uncertainty: A study of a theoretical model of worry

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 933-941

  Ladouceur, Robert ^a   Gosselin, Patrick ^a   Dugas, Michel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0034287041     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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