Threat perception distortions and psychopathological symptoms in typically developing children

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-285

  Muris, Peter ^a   Meesters, Cor ^b   Smulders, Lianne ^b   Mayer, Birgit ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Psychopathological symptoms; Threat perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 29844434727     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.392     Document Type: Article

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