Impact of rumination versus distraction on anxiety and maladaptive self-beliefs in socially anxious individuals

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 861-867

  Wong, Quincy J J ^a   Moulds, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rumination; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RUMINATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69649085413     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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