Cognitive processes as mediators of the relation between mindfulness and change in social anxiety symptoms following cognitive behavioral treatment

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 288-302

  Morgan, Jessica R ^a   Price, Matthew ^b,d   Schmertz, Stefan K ^c   Johnson, Suzanne B ^a   Masuda, Akihiko ^a   Calamaras, Martha ^a   Anderson, Page L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive biases; cognitive behavioral therapy; mediation; mindfulness; social phobia

Indexed keywords

5'-O-(L-VALYL)-5-FLUOROURIDINE HYDROCHLORIDE; URIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URIDINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897027301     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2013.839988     Document Type: Article

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