Does Worrying Mean Caring Too Much? Interpersonal Prototypicality of Dimensional Worry Controlling for Social Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 14-28

  Erickson, Thane M ^a   Newman, Michelle G ^b   Siebert, Erin C ^a   Carlile, Jessica A ^a   Scarsella, Gina M ^a   Abelson, James L ^c  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Interpersonal circumplex; Social anxiety; Structural summary method; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL CIRCUMPLEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT WORRY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; EMPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943422546     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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