The relationship between cognitive avoidance and attentional bias for snake-related thoughts

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1103-1117

  Fawzy, Tamer I ^a   Hecker, Jeffrey E ^b   Clark, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Snake phobia; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SNAKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNAKES; THINKING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33750499740     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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