Selective attentional bias related to the noticeability aspect of anxiety symptoms in generalized social phobia

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 517-531

  Spector, Ilana P ^a,b,c   Pecknold, John C ^a,c   Libman, Eva ^b,c  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention biases; Social phobia; Social threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; READING; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0042163114     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(02)00232-3     Document Type: Article

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