Does relational dysfunction mediate the association between anxiety disorders and later depression? Testing an interpersonal model of comorbidity

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-86

  Starr, Lisa R ^a,b   Hammen, Constance ^b   Connolly, Nicole Phillips ^b,c   Brennan, Patricia A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidity; depressive disorder; generalized anxiety disorder; interpersonal relations; social anxiety disorder; social phobia

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SCHEDULE FOR AFFECTIVE DISORDERS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891824729     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22172     Document Type: Article

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