Personality and experiential avoidance: A model of anxiety sensitivity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 246-250

  Pickett, Scott M ^a,b   Lodis, Craig S ^c   Parkhill, Michele R ^a   Orcutt, Holly K ^d  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Behavioral inhibition sensitivity; Experiential avoidance; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861677634     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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