Temperament and anxiety: The mediating role of metacognition

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 246-254

  Dragan, Małgorzata ^a   Dragan, Wojciech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Metacognition; Self regulatory executive function model; Structural equation modeling; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METACOGNITION; PERSEVERATION; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84899721772     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-013-9392-z     Document Type: Article

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