The relation between anxiety disorder and experiential avoidance in inpatient adolescents

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 240-248

  Venta, Amanda ^a   Sharp, Carla ^a   Hart, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Experiential avoidance; Psychological inflexibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE AND FUSION QUESTIONNAIRE FOR YOUTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTERIZED DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE FOR CHILDREN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE III; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN IV; YOUTH SELF-REPORT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHILD; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AREA UNDER CURVE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84863103451     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025362     Document Type: Article

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