Experiential Avoidance as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Anxiety Sensitivity and Perceived Stress

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 459-469

  Bardeen, Joseph R ^a,b   Fergus, Thomas A ^c   Orcutt, Holly K ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Experiential avoidance; Interaction effect; Perceived stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY INDEX; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEIVED STRESS; PERCEIVED STRESS SCALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879257092     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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