The effects of age and fear of pain on attentional and memory biases relating to pain and falls

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-69

  Williams, Jaime ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^a   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional biases; Fear of falling; Fear of pain; Memory biases

Indexed keywords

EID: 16644389401     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800420004184     Document Type: Article

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