General and specific avoidance: The development and concurrent validation of a new measure of avoidance coping

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 222-230

  Stemmet, Lehan ^a   Roger, Derek ^a   Kuntz, Joana ^a   Borrill, Jo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance coping; Depression; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938316232     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: 21512426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759/a000220     Document Type: Article

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