Effects of suppression and acceptance on emotional responses of individuals with anxiety and mood disorders

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1251-1263

  Campbell Sills, Laura ^a   Barlow, David H ^b   Brown, Timothy A ^b   Hofmann, Stefan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Anxiety disorders; Emotional responses; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; FILM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRESSION;

EID: 33746377573     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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