Attachment insecurity moderates the relationship between disease activity and depressive symptoms in ulcerative colitis

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 919-926

  Maunder, Robert G ^a,b   Lancee, William J ^a   Hunter, Jonathan J ^a   Greenberg, Gordon R ^b   Steinhart, A Hillary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment anxiety; Depression; Relationship style; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 26444571817     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mib.0000179468.78876.2d     Document Type: Article

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