Avoidance of emotional facial expressions in social anxiety: The Approach-Avoidance Task

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2990-3001

  Heuer, Kathrin ^a   Rinck, Mike ^b   Becker, Eni S ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Emotional facial expressions; Social anxiety; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SMILING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 35548958174     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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