Health anxiety: Latent structure and associations with anxiety-related psychological processes in a student sample

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 565-574

  Wheaton, Michael G ^a   Berman, Noah C ^a   Franklin, Joseph C ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Classification; Factor analysis; Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX 3; ARTICLE; BODY VIGILANCE SCALE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSESSIVE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; THE SHORT HEALTH ANXIETY INVENTORY;

EID: 77955983014     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-010-9179-4     Document Type: Article

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