Interacting effects of worry and anxiety on attentional disengagement from threat

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-152

  Verkuil, Bart ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^a   Putman, Peter ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention allocation; Disengagement; Perseverative cognition; Threat; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59049083222     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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