Prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome among university students: The roles of worry, neuroticism, anxiety sensitivity and visceral anxiety

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 501-505

  Hazlett Stevens, Holly ^a   Craske, Michelle G ^b   Mayer, Emeran A ^c,d   Chang, Lin ^c,d   Naliboff, Bruce D ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Generalized anxiety disorder; Irritable bowel syndrome; Neuroticism; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROSIS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WORRY;

EID: 1042266393     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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