Beliefs about Emotions as a Metacognitive Construct: Initial Development of a Self-Report Questionnaire Measure and Preliminary Investigation in Relation to Emotion Regulation

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 235-246

  Manser, Rachel ^a,b   Cooper, Myra ^a   Trefusis, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxfordshire Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Emotion regulation; Metacognitive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COGNITION; CONTROL; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84860428574     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.745     Document Type: Article

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