Effects of verbal information on fear-related reasoning biases in children

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-214

  Muris, Peter ^a   Rassin, Eric ^a   Mayer, Birgit ^a   Smeets, Guus ^a   Huijding, Jorg ^a   Remmerswaal, Daniëlle ^a   Field, Andy ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Confirmation bias; Covariation bias; Fear related reasoning biases; Verbal pathway to fear acquisition

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); THINKING;

ATTITUDE; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; THINKING;

EID: 61349097199     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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