Illusory correlation and social anxiety

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1063-1073

  De Jong, Peter J ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Bögels, Susan ^a   Kindt, Merel ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EXPECTANCY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; IMAGE DISPLAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031683132     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00099-0     Document Type: Article

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