Playing it safe: An examination of risk-avoidance in an anxious treatment-seeking sample

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-71

  Lorian, Carolyn N ^a   Mahoney, Alison ^a   Grisham, Jessica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Decision making; Risk avoidance; Risk taking; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; AGORAPHOBIA COGNITIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY SENSATIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOMAINM SPECIFIC RISK TAKING SCALE; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KESSLER PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PANIC; PATHOLOGY; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION AND ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865525768     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.02.021     Document Type: Article

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