Improving volitional competence is crucial for the efficacy of psychosomatic therapy: A controlled clinical trial

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-96

  Forstmeier, Simon ^a,b   Rueddel, Heinz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Group psychotherapy; Volitional competence

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOMATICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SELF CONTROL; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846413224     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097967     Document Type: Article

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