Biases in visual attention in children and adolescents with clinical anxiety and mixed anxiety-depression

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-223

  Taghavi, Mohammad R ^b   Neshat Doost, Hamid T ^b   Moradi, Ali R ^b   Yule, William ^b   Dalgleish, Tim ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Childhood anxiety; Information processing; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032992892     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021952407074     Document Type: Article

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