A Comparison of Repetitive Negative Thinking and Post-Event Processing in the Prediction of Maladaptive Social-Evaluative Beliefs: A Short-Term Prospective Study

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 230-241

  Wong, Quincy J J ^a   McEvoy, Peter M ^b   Rapee, Ronald M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Maladaptive social evaluative beliefs; Post event processing; Repetitive thinking; Social anxiety; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADAPTIVE SOCIAL EVALUATIVE BELIEF; POST EVENT PROCESSING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPETITIVE NEGATIVE THINKING; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THINKING; TIME;

EID: 84939243564     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-015-9506-x     Document Type: Article

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