Automatic activation and strategic avoidance of threat-relevant information in social phobia

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-290

  Amir, Nader ^a   Foa, Edna B ^a   Coles, Meredith E ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 0031836738     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.107.2.285     Document Type: Article

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