The role of anxiety sensitivity and behavioral avoidance in tinnitus disability

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 295-299

  Hesser, Hugo ^a   Andersson, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Avoidance; Functioning; Mediational analysis; Tinnitus; Tinnitus distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TINNITUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TINNITUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350515690     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020802635325     Document Type: Article

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