Stress responsivity and the structure of common mental disorders: Transdiagnostic internalizing and externalizing dimensions are associated with contrasting stress appraisal biases

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1079-1089

  Conway, Christopher C ^a   Starr, Lisa R ^b   Espejo, Emmanuel P ^c,d   Brennan, Patricia A ^e   Hammen, Constance ^f  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Externalizing; Internalizing; Stress reactivity; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXTERNALIZING TRAIT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERNALIZING TRAIT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; QUANTITATIVE TRANSDIAGNOSTIC MODEL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STRESS; STRESS APPRAISAL BIAS; THREAT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPLICATION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994753583     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000163     Document Type: Article

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