An examination of anxiety sensitivity as a moderator of the relationship between smoking level and posttraumatic stress symptoms among trauma-exposed adults

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-132

  Feldner, Matthew T ^a   Babson, Kimberly A ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J ^b   Monson, Candice M ^c   Bonn Miller, Marcel O ^b   Gibson, Laura E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Comorbidity; Moderator; Posttraumatic stress; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 38149099222     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-007-9138-x     Document Type: Article

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