Cognitive and psychological mediators of anxiety: Evidence from a study of paranormal belief and perceived childhood control

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 335-343

  Watt, Caroline ^a   Watson, Suzannah ^a   Wilson, Lindsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Birth order; Childhood control; Childhood trauma; Coping; Locus of control; Paranormal belief; Parenting style

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751180796     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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