Understanding the relationships between self-esteem, experiential avoidance, and paranoia: Structural equation modelling and experience sampling studies

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 661-668

  Udachina, Alisa ^a   Thewissen, Viviane ^b,c   Myin Germeys, Inez ^b   Fitzpatrick, Sam ^d   O'Kane, Aisling ^d   Bentall, Richard P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experience sampling method; Experiential avoidance; Paranoia; Self esteem; Structural equation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRESS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADULT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARANOID DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS;

EID: 70349329414     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181b3b2ef     Document Type: Article

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