Attention Training for Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-14

  Schmidt, Norman B ^a   Richey, J Anthony ^a   Buckner, Julia D ^b   Timpano, Kiara R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; intervention; social anxiety; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849102782     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013643     Document Type: Article

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