Common rather than unique aspects of repetitive negative thinking are related to depressive and anxiety disorders and symptoms

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-52

  Spinhoven, Philip ^a,b   Drost, Jolijn ^a   van Hemert, Bert ^b   Penninx, Brenda W ^b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Repetitive negative thinking; Rumination; Symptom severity; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATIENT WORRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPETITIVE NEGATIVE THINKING; RUMINATION; SYMPTOM; THINKING; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929648666     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.05.001     Document Type: Article

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