Automatic thoughts and meta-cognition as predictors of depressive or anxious symptoms: A prospective study of two trajectories

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 59-65

  Hjemdal, Odin ^a   Stiles, Tore ^a   Wells, Adrian ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; ATQ 30 N; Depression; MCQ 30

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING;

EID: 84875379957     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12010     Document Type: Article

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