Revisiting the fundamental fears: Towards establishing construct independence

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-99

  Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Thibodeau, Michel A ^a   Osborne, Jason W ^b   Taylor, Steven ^c   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Factor analyses; Fear of negative evaluation; Injury illness sensitivity; Intolerance of uncertainty; Pain related anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894247472     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.01.040     Document Type: Article

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