Repetitive Negative Thinking as a Transdiagnostic Predictor of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents

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Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 324-335

  McEvoy, Peter M ^a,b   Salmon, Karen ^c   Hyett, Matthew P ^b   Jose, Paul E ^c   Gutenbrunner, Charlotte ^c   Bryson, Kate ^c   Dewhirst, Mary ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Canberra ACT   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adolescents; anxiety; depression; repetitive negative thinking; rumination; transdiagnostic; worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PESSIMISM; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PESSIMISM; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85042730379     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191117693923     Document Type: Article

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