Anxiety sensitivity and health anxiety in a nonclinical sample: Specificity and prospective relations with clinical stress

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-424

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Wolitzky Taylor, Kate B ^b   Elwood, Lisa ^c   Connolly, Kevin ^d   Gonzales, Bethany ^a   Armstrong, Tom ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis; Illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS;

EID: 68149098847     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-008-9188-8     Document Type: Article

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