Characteristics of worry in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 388-395

  Hirsch, Colette R ^a,b   Mathews, Andrew ^a,c   Lequertier, Belinda ^a   Perman, Gemma ^a   Hayes, Sarra ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Metacognitive beliefs; Panic Disorder; Worry Attentional control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ATTENTIONAL CONTROL; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; METACOGNITIVE BELIEFS; PANIC DISORDER; WORRY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PANIC DISORDER; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84877319418     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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