Construct validity and vulnerability to anxiety: A cognitive interviewing study of the revised Anxiety Sensitivity Index

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 942-949

  Brown, Gary P ^a   Hawkes, Nick C ^b   Tata, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARNET ENFIELD AND HARINGEY MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cognitive therapy; Construct validity; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY ATTITUDE AND BELIEF SCALE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PANIC; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749092043     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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