A contextual approach to experiential avoidance and social anxiety: Evidence from an experimental interaction and daily interactions of people with social anxiety disorder

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 769-781

  Kashdan, Todd B ^a   Goodman, Fallon R ^a   Machell, Kyla A ^a   Kleiman, Evan M ^a   Monfort, Samuel S ^a   Ciarrochi, Joseph ^b   Nezlek, John B ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily diary methodology; Experiential avoidance; Social anxiety; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; DYSTHYMIA; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901266165     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035935     Document Type: Article

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