The role of avoidance of emotional material in the anxiety disorders

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-114

  Salters Pedneault, Kristalyn ^a   Tull, Matthew T ^a   Roemer, Lizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Avoidance; Emotion; Learning theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 10144233455     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appsy.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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