Ground control to Major Tom: Experimental manipulation of anxiety-related interpretation bias by means of the "space odyssey" paradigm and effects on avoidance tendencies in children

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-340

  Muris, Peter ^a   Huijding, Jorg ^a   Mayer, Birgit ^a   Remmerswaal, Daniëlle ^a   Vreden, Steven ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Experimental manipulation; Interpretation bias; Interpretation training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 60749109180     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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