Beliefs about emotions predict psychological stress related to somatic symptoms.
Klaus Michael ReiningerHannah Marie BielTimo HennigSteffen ZitzmannAngelika WeigelCarsten SpitzerAnne ToussaintBernd LöwePublished in: The British journal of clinical psychology (2023)
BECU as a malleable way of thinking about emotions predicted psychological distress related to somatic symptoms in general-population panel-participants and correlated with the same in two clinical replication samples. BECU thus becomes a promising treatment target in psychotherapeutic approaches.