An examination of the fear of bodily sensations and body hypervigilance as predictors of emotion regulation difficulties among individuals with a recent history of uncued panic attacks

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 750-760

  Tull, Matthew T ^a   Rodman, Samantha A ^a   Roemer, Lizabeth ^b  

^a Personality   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance; Emotion; Emotion dysregulation; Panic; Panic attacks; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; SENSATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; SENSATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 41549164260     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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