Rejection sensitivity and disruption of attention by social threat cues

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1064-1072

  Berenson, Kathy R ^a   Gyurak, Anett ^b   Ayduk, Özlem ^b   Downey, Geraldine ^a   Garner, Matthew J ^c   Mogg, Karin ^c   Bradley, Brendan P ^c   Pine, Daniel S ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Borderline personality disorder; Emotional Stroop; Rejection sensitivity; Visual Probe

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350134799     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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