"Danger is lurking everywhre, even in parts of a jigsaw puzzle": Anxiety-related threat perception abnormalities in children: Their assessment with projective material

Behaviour Change

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-159

  Muris, Peter ^a   van Doorn, Muriel ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THREAT;

EID: 1642280464     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/bech.20.3.151.24835     Document Type: Article

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