Information processing and anxiety sensitivity: Cognitive vulnerability to panic reflected in interpretation and memory biases

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 479-499

  Teachman, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Information processing bias; Interpretation; Panic; Schema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; PANIC; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 24044531984     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-005-0627-5     Document Type: Article

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