Relation between experiential avoidance, hallucination-like experiences and clinical symptoms, in a non-clinical Spanish sample

Journal of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-171

  Langer, Álvaro I ^a   Cangas, Adolfo J ^a   Pérez Moreno, Pedro J ^b   Carmona, José A ^a   Gallego, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical symptoms; Emotions; Experiential avoidance; Hallucination like experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954530520     PISSN: 15847101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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