The brief experiential avoidance questionnaire: Development and initial validation

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-45

  Gámez, Wakiza ^a   Chmielewski, Michael ^b   Kotov, Roman ^c   Ruggero, Camilo ^d   Suzuki, Nadia ^e   Watson, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Avoidance; Experiential avoidance; Multidimensional experiential avoidance questionnaire; Psychological flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRIEF EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896734387     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034473     Document Type: Article

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