Does cognitive flexibility predict treatment gains in Internet-delivered psychological treatment of social anxiety disorder, depression, or tinnitus?

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Volumn 2016, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Lindner, Philip ^a,b   Carlbring, Per ^a   Flodman, Erik ^c   Hebert, Amanda ^c   Poysti, Stephanie ^c   Hagkvist, Filip ^d   Johansson, Robert ^b,c   Westin, Vendela Zetterqvist ^e   Berger, Thomas ^f   Andersson, Gerhard ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Norrbotten County Council   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Internet; Perseveration; Prediction; Psychotherapy; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET DELIVERED PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TINNITUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 84966454888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1934     Document Type: Article

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