An examination of the incremental contribution of emotion regulation difficulties to health anxiety beyond specific emotion regulation strategies

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 394-401

  Bardeen, Joseph R ^a   Fergus, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; Emotion regulation; Health anxiety; Reappraisal; Suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE; EMOTION REGULATION QUESTIONNAIRE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH ANXIETY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; WHITLEY INDEX;

DIFFICULTIES IN EMOTION REGULATION SCALE; EMOTION REGULATION; HEALTH ANXIETY; REAPPRAISAL; SUPPRESSION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901257477     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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