Mindfulness and experiential avoidance as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder avoidance symptom severity

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-415

  Thompson, Brian L ^a   Waltz, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Mindfulness; Posttraumatic stress; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; AWARENESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; SELF REPORT; STUDENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950630494     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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