Anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty: Evidence of incremental specificity in relation to health anxiety

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 640-644

  Fergus, Thomas A ^a   Bardeen, Joseph R ^b,c,d  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Health anxiety; Intolerance of uncertainty; Negative affect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880723844     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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