Cognitive content-specificity for anxiety and depression: A meta-analysis

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 651-663

  Beck, Richard ^a   Perkins, T Scott ^a  

^a ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; cognition; cognitive content specificity; cognitive specificity; depression; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242341106     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012911104891     Document Type: Review

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