The many faces of somatosensory amplification: The relative contribution of body awareness, symptom labeling, and anxiety

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2903-2911

  Köteles, Ferenc ^a   Doering, Bettina K ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anxiety; health worry; stress; symptoms; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85000956400     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315588216     Document Type: Article

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