The Cardiac Anxiety Questionnaire: Development and preliminary validity

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1039-1053

  Eifert, Georg H ^a   Thompson, Risa N ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J ^a   Edwards, Kimberly ^a   Frazer, Nicole L ^a   Haddad, John W ^b   Davig, James ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCIRCULATORY ASTHENIA; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0034309833     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00132-1     Document Type: Article

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