Engaging in imagery versus verbal processing of worry: Impact on negative intrusions in high worriers

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 418-423

  Stokes, Caroline ^a,c   Hirsch, Colette R ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalised anxiety disorder; Imagery; Negative thoughts; Verbal processing; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77952544777     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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