An experiential avoidance conceptualization of depressive rumination: Three tests of the model

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1021-1031

  Giorgio, Jeannette M ^a   Sanflippo, Jacqueline ^d   Kleiman, Evan ^b   Reilly, Dan ^c   Bender, Rachel E ^d   Wagner, Clara A ^d   Liu, Richard T ^d   Alloy, Lauren B ^d  

^a Winston Salem University   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential avoidance; Rumination; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAXATION TRAINING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL DEFENSE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956174922     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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