Investigating cognitive flexibility as a potential mechanism of mindfulness in Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 208-216

  Lee, Jonathan K ^a,b   Orsillo, Susan M ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Emotional Stroop; Generalized Anxiety Disorder; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BREATHING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINDFULNESS; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; EMOTIONAL STROOP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; MINDFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888109830     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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