Do socially anxious individuals hold positive metacognitive beliefs about rumination?

Behaviour Change

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-83

  Wong, Quincy J J ^a   Moulds, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Metacognitive beliefs; Rumination; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RUMINATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 77957284418     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.27.2.69     Document Type: Article

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