Examining the Symptom-Level Specificity of Negative Problem Orientation in a Clinical Sample

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-161

  Fergus, Thomas A ^a   Valentiner, David P ^b   Wu, Kevin D ^b   McGrath, Patrick B ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; generalized anxiety disorder (GAD); negative problem orientation; social anxiety; worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEGATIVISM; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927581587     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2014.987314     Document Type: Article

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