Efficacy of self-administered treatments for pathological academic worry: A randomized controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 840-850

  Wolitzky Taylor, Kate B ^a,b   Telch, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic worry; Audio photic stimulation; Brief treatments; Expressive writing; GAD; Pathological worry; Randomized clinical trial; Self administered treatments; Self help treatments; Worry exposure

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOLOGICAL ACADEMIC WORRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRITING;

EID: 77955267291     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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