Emotion regulation predicts anxiety over a five-year interval: A cross-lagged panel analysis

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 87-95

  Wirtz, Carolin M ^a   Hofmann, Stefan G ^b   Riper, Heleen ^c   Berking, Matthias ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anxiety; emotion regulation; predictor; prospective study; risk factors; skills

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIETY SYMPTOM SEVERITY; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANEL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

ANXIETY; EMOTION REGULATION; PREDICTOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTORS; SKILLS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891832189     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22198     Document Type: Article

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