Anger potentiates the reporting of threatening interpretations: An experimental study

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-495

  Barazzone, Natalie ^a   Davey, Graham C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger; Anxiety; Anxious psychopathology; Information processing bias; Mood inductions; Threat interpretation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649119171     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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