Anxiety and the Processing of Emotionally Threatening Stimuli: Distinctive Patterns of Selective Attention among High- and Low-Test-Anxious Children

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1173-1185

  Vasey, Michael W ^a   El Hag, Nagat ^a   Daleiden, Eric L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROL; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TEST ANXIETY SCALE;

EID: 0030163447     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01789.x     Document Type: Article

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