The moderating role of positive beliefs about worry in the relationship between stressful events and worry

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1003-1006

  Iijima, Yudai ^a   Tanno, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Moderating effects; Positive beliefs about worry; Stressful events; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884498504     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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