Patterns of situational appraisal in experiences of worry and anxiety

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 367-390

  Stöber, Joachim ^a   Muijs, Marion ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Appraisal models of emotion; Generalized anxiety disorder; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649260     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800108248362     Document Type: Article

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