Perceived anxiety control as a mediator of the relationship between family stability and adjustment

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1454-1461

  Sokolowski, Karen L ^a   Israel, Allen C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Family stability; Perceived anxiety control

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY II; CONTROL SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STABILITY OF ACTIVITIES IN THE FAMILY ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 53349177167     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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