Paradoxical cardiovascular effects of implementing adaptive emotion regulation strategies in generalized anxiety disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 122-130

  Aldao, Amelia ^a   Mennin, Douglas S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Adaptive strategies; Emotion regulation; GAD; HRV; Reappraisal

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84855853930     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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