Interpretations and judgments regarding positive and negative social scenarios in childhood social anxiety

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 870-876

  Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P ^a   Banerjee, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive bias; Interpretation; Judgmental bias; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NEGATIVISM; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 44349181945     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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