Cognitive processing and trait anxiety in typically developing children: Evidence for an interpretation bias

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 486-490

  Hadwin, Julie ^a   Frost, Susie ^a   French, Christopher C ^b   Richards, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0030847259     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.106.3.486     Document Type: Article

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