Relationships among social anxiety, self-focused attention, and experiential distress and avoidance

Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Glick, Debra M ^a   Orsillo, Susan M ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Experiential avoidance; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953861747     PISSN: 15847101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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