Cognitive content specificity in selective attention across four domains of maladjustment

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-365

  Westra, Henny A ^a   Kuiper, Nicholas A ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MEMORY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SELF CONCEPT; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BULIMIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TYPE A PERSONALITY; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030969794     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(96)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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