The effects of verbal information on children's fear beliefs about social situations

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-37

  Lawson, Joanne ^a   Banerjee, Robin ^a   Field, Andy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Fear; Social anxiety; Verbal information

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIALIZATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750478292     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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