Covariation bias for social events and signs of (dis)approval in high and low socially anxious individuals

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-373

  de Jong, Peter J ^a   de Graaf Peters, Victorine ^a   van Hout, Wiljo J P J ^a   van Wees, Rineke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belongingness; Covariation bias; Interpretation bias; Judgmental bias; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 64849098247     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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