Threat perception abnormalities in children: The role of anxiety disorders symptoms, chronic anxiety, and state anxiety

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-287

  Muris, Peter ^a   Rapee, Ron ^b   Meesters, Cor ^a   Schouten, Erik ^a   Geers, Marijn ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Normal children; Threat perception abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0344950542     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6185(02)00199-8     Document Type: Article

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