Attempted versus successful avoidance: Associations with distress, symptoms, and strategies for mental control

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 897-907

  Andrews, Leanne ^a   Troop, Nicholas ^b   Joseph, Stephen ^c   Hiskey, Syd ^a   Coyne, Iain ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Control strategies; Distress; PTSD; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037137031     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00200-8     Document Type: Article

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