Psychological flexibility and nonjudgemental acceptance in voice hearers: Relationships with omnipotence and distress

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1150-1162

  Morris, Eric M J ^a,b   Garety, Philippa ^a,b   Peters, Emmanuelle ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance; cognitive models of psychosis; psychological flexibility; psychosis; voices

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND ACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BELIEFS ABOUT VOICES QUESTIONNAIRE-REVISED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; KENTUCKY INVENTORY OF MINDFULNESS SKILL; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NONJUDGEMENTAL ACCEPTANCE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY; THOUGHT CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; VOICE; VOICE HEARING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; HALLUCINATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912019673     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867414535671     Document Type: Article

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