Understanding the associations among anxiety sensitivity, distress tolerance, and discomfort intolerance: A comparison of three models

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-154

  Mitchell, Melissa A ^a   Riccardi, Christina J ^a   Keough, Meghan E ^b   Timpano, Kiara R ^c   Schmidt, Norman B ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety psychopathology; Anxiety sensitivity; Discomfort intolerance; Distress tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; DISCOMFORT INTOLERANCE; DISCOMFORT INTOLERANCE SCALE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DISTRESS TOLERANCE; DISTRESS TOLERANCE SCALE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84873275353     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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