Distress tolerance: Theory, measurement, and relations to psychopathology

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 406-410

  Zvolensky, Michael J ^a   Vujanovic, Anka A ^b,c   Bernstein, Amit ^d   Leyro, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

assessment; distress tolerance; mechanism; psychopathology; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650318516     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721410388642     Document Type: Article

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