Biased attentional behavior in childhood anxiety: A review of theory and current empirical investigation

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 991-1008

  Ehrenreich, Jill T ^a   Gross, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional bias measurement; Childhood anxiety; Social information processing

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIASED ATTENTIONAL BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL TASK; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; THREAT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; HUMANS;

EID: 0036024080     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(01)00123-4     Document Type: Review

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