From higher-order to underlying constructs: Examining the relationships between affect and fundamental fears

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 324-331

  Thibodeau, Michel A ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^a   Collimore, Kelsey C ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Fear of negative evaluation; Illness injury sensitivity; Negative affect; Positive affect; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902366574     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-012-9468-1     Document Type: Article

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