Prepared for the Worst: Readiness to Acquire Threat Bias and Susceptibility to Elevate Trait Anxiety

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-57

  Clarke, Patrick ^a   MacLeod, Colin ^a   Shirazee, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

emotional vulnerability; preparedness; threat bias; trait anxiety elevation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHARACTER STATE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; THREAT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 39449126176     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1528-3542.8.1.47     Document Type: Article

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