A Longitudinal Study of Experiential Avoidance in Emotional Disorders

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 840-850

  Spinhoven, Philip ^a   Drost, Jolijn ^b   de Rooij, Mark ^b   van Hemert, Albert M ^a   Penninx, Brenda W ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Comorbidity; Depression; Experiential avoidance; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND ACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-IV; DYSTHYMIA; EXPERIENTIAL AVOIDANCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PANIC; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908298119     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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