Processing bias in anxious subjects and repressors, measured by emotional Stroop interference and attentional allocation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 777-793

  Brosschot, Jos F ^a   De Ruiter, Corine ^b   Kindt, Merel ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dr Henri van der Hoeven Clinic   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000231853     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00173-1     Document Type: Article

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