Cognitive development and the interpretation of anxiety-related physical symptoms in 4-13-year-old non-clinical children

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-86

  Muris, Peter ^a   Vermeer, Esther ^a   Horselenberg, Robert ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Emotional reasoning; Interpretation of physical symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MALE; SWEATING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36849046731     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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