Interrelating Behavioral Measures of Distress Tolerance with Self-Reported Experiential Avoidance

Journal of Rational - Emotive and Cognitive - Behavior Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-63

  Schloss, Heather M ^a   Haaga, David A F ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Assessment; Cigarette smokers; Distress tolerance; Experiential avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952106659     PISSN: 08949085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10942-011-0127-3     Document Type: Article

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