Trait Repetitive Negative Thinking: A Brief Transdiagnostic Assessment

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1-17

  McEvoy, Peter M ^a,b   Thibodeau, Michel A ^c   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^c  

^a Canberra ACT   (Australia)

^b School of Psychology and Speech Pathology CurtinUniversity   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

questionnaire; repetitive thinking; rumination; trait; transdiagnostic; worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85142371245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.037813     Document Type: Article

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