An experimental test of a cognitive defusion exercise: Coping with negative and positive self-statements

Psychological Record

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 623-640

  Healy, Hilary Anne ^a   Barnes Holmes, Yvonne ^a   Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^a   Keogh, Claire ^a   Luciano, Carmen ^b   Wilson, Kelly ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

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EID: 57449085422     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395641     Document Type: Article

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