Avoidance and inflexibility as a common clinical pathway in obesity and smoking treatment

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 992-996

  Gifford, Elizabeth V ^a   Lillis, Jason ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Avoidance; Mediation; Obesity; Smoking; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE AND INFLEXIBILITY SCALE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SMOKING CESSATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; HUMANS; NEGOTIATING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 70349784428     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309342304     Document Type: Article

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