A test of the role of metaworry in the prediction of worry severity in an elderly sample

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-218

  Nuevo, Roberto ^a   Montorio, Ignacio ^a   Borkovec, Thomas D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Generalized anxiety disorder; Metaworry; Trait worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; SPAIN; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 3242712346     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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