Attentional Bias to Threat: Roles of Trait Anxiety, Stressful Events, and Awareness

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 841-864

  Mogg, Karin ^a   Bradley, Brendan P ^a   Hallowell, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERCEPTION;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0028544145     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: 14640740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14640749408401099     Document Type: Article

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