The validity of self-report assessment of avoidance and distress

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-99

  Gamez, Wakiza ^a   Kotov, Roman ^b   Watson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Avoidance; Distress; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71549126582     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800802699198     Document Type: Article

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