Anxiety sensitivity and perceived control over anxiety-related events: Evaluating the singular and interactive effects in the prediction of anxious and fearful responding to bodily sensations

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1017-1025

  Gregor, Kristin L ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Anxious responding; Biological challenge; Panic psychopathology; Perceived control over anxiety related events

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREATHING RATE; COGNITION; EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PANIC DISORDER; PERCEPTION; RESPIRATION;

EID: 50449083918     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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