Commitment to a purpose in life: An antidote to the suffering by individuals with social anxiety disorder

Emotion

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1150-1159

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   McKnight, Patrick E ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experience sampling; Major depressive disorder; Purpose in life; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDOTE;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890103525     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033278     Document Type: Article

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