Applicability of a cognitive model of worry to children and adolescents

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 341-349

  Fialko, Laura ^a   Bolton, Derek ^a   Perrin, Sean ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood worry; Cognitive model of worry; Intolerance of uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE AVOIDANCE; COGNITIVE MODEL OF WORRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; MALE; POSITIVE BELIEF; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; WORRY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859605489     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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