Manipulation of focus of attention and its effects on anxiety in high-anxious individuals and repressors

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 173-191

  Derakshan, Nazanin ^a   Eysenck, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035650096     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800108248353     Document Type: Article

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