Worry and the simulation of future outcomes

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-17

  Brown, Gary P ^a   MacLeod, Andrew K ^b   Tata, Philip ^c   Goddard, Lorna ^d  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive processes; Heuristics; Simulation; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036521953     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800290007254     Document Type: Article

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