Expanding stress generation theory: Test of a transdiagnostic model

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 754-766

  Conway, Christopher C ^a   Hammen, Constance ^a   Brennan, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Externalizing disorders; Internalizing disorders; Stress generation; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL DEPENDENT STRESS; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MODEL; NONINTERPERSONAL DEPENDENT STRESS; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPECIFIC PHOBIA; STRESS; STRESS GENERATION THEORY; TRANSDIAGNOSTIC MODEL; ADULT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873516136     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027457     Document Type: Article

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