Life hassles, experiential avoidance and distressing delusional experiences

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Goldstone, Eliot ^a   Farhall, John ^a   Ong, Ben ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Delusions; Experiential avoidance; Psychosis; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND ACTION QUESTIONNAIRE II; ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DELUSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PETERS DELUSIONS INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SURVEY OF RECENT LIFE EXPERIENCES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952707248     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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