Anxiety and threat perception abnormalities in normal children

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-199

  Muris, Peter ^a   Kindt, Merel ^a   Bögels, Susan ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Gadet, Björn ^a   Moulaert, Véronique ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Information processing; Perception of threat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; THREAT;

EID: 0033921724     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007588524525     Document Type: Article

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