Integrating Anxiety Sensitivity, Distress Tolerance, and Discomfort Intolerance: A Hierarchical Model of Affect Sensitivity and Tolerance

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-301

  Bernstein, Amit ^a   Zvolensky, Michael J ^b   Vujanovic, Anka A ^b   Moos, Rudolf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DEPRESSION; DISCOMFORT INTOLERANCE SCALE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS TOLERANCE SCALE; EMOTIONALITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651230709     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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