Mechanisms driving pre- and post-stressor repetitive negative thinking: Metacognitions, cognitive avoidance, and thought control

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-93

  McEvoy, Peter M ^a,b   Moulds, Michelle L ^c   Mahoney, Alison E J ^d  

^a Australian Capital Territory   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive avoidance; Metacognitions; Repetitive thinking; Thought control; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AVOIDANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITIVE AVOIDANCE STRATEGY; CONTROL STRATEGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METACOGNITION; METACOGNITION QUESTIONNAIRE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; REPETITIVE NEGATIVE THINKING; REPETITIVE THINKING QUESTIONNAIRE LOOMING; STRESS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING; THOUGHT CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; THOUGHT CONTROL STRATEGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865484794     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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