Body awareness: Differentiating between sensitivity to and monitoring of bodily signals

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 564-575

  Ginzburg, Karni ^a   Tsur, Noga ^a   Barak Nahum, Ayelet ^a   Defrin, Ruth ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body awareness; Monitoring; Pain catastrophizing; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; CATASTROPHIZING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; CATASTROPHIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901619477     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-013-9514-9     Document Type: Article

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