The interaction of pathways to fear in childhood anxiety: A preliminary study

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3051-3059

  Field, Andy P ^a   Storksen Coulson, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood anxiety; Fears; Information processing; Verbal Information

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL HOSTILITY;

ANXIETY; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; NARRATION; TOUCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35548933243     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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