Assessing excessive reassurance seeking in the anxiety disorders

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 911-917

  Rector, Neil A ^a,b   Kamkar, Katy ^b,c   Cassin, Stephanie E ^a,b   Ayearst, Lindsay E ^d   Laposa, Judith M ^b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; CBT; Measurement; Reassurance seeking; Safety behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REASSURANCE; REASSURANCE SEEKING SCALE; SAFETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THREAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79961028721     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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