A prospective examination of catastrophic misinterpretations and experiential avoidance in emotional distress following loss

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 252-257

  Boelen, Paul A ^a   Van Den Bout, Jan ^a   Van Den Hout, Marcel A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catastrophic misinterpretations; Complicated grief; Experiential avoidance; Grief; Prolonged grief disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROLONGED GRIEF DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951184860     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181d619e4     Document Type: Article

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