Debiasing of pessimistic judgments associated with anxiety: A test of the availability heuristic

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-26

  Bentz, Bret G ^a   Mahaffey, Stephany L ^a   Adami, Amber M ^a   Romig, Danielle M ^a   Muenke, Raychel C ^a   Barfield, Stephanie G ^a   Teer, Jolyn R ^a   Deornellas, Kathy ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Availability; Debiasing; Judgmental bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849109937     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-008-9090-4     Document Type: Article

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