Predictors of health anxiety among older and young adults

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1998-2008

  Gerolimatos, Lindsay A ^a   Edelstei, Barry A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety control; anxiety sensitivity; emotion regulation; intolerance of uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH ANXIETY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SELF REPORT; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868251697     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001329     Document Type: Article

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