Initial Psychometric Properties of the Experiences Questionnaire: Validation of a Self-Report Measure of Decentering

2007/04/25 by David M. Fresco, Michael Moore, Michael T. Moore +7 · 813 citations
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paper · doi:10.1016/j.beth.2006.08.003

published in Behavior Therapy 38(3), 234-246 (Elsevier BV)

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