Clarifying the relationship between AS dimensions and PTSD symptom clusters: Are negative and positive affectivity theoretically relevant constructs?

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-25

  Fetzner, Mathew G ^a   Collimore, Kelsey C ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Negative affect; Positive affect; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84858715536     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2011.621971     Document Type: Article

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