Health anxiety, rumination, and negative affect: A mediational analysis

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 495-501

  Marcus, David K ^a   Hughes, Kathleen T ^a   Arnau, Randolph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive model; Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis; Rumination; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUMINATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42649128429     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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