Forced choice reaction time paradigm in children with separation anxiety disorder, social phobia, and nonanxious controls

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1058-1065

  In Albon, Tina ^a   Dubi, Kathrin ^a   Rapee, Ronald M ^b   Schneider, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive bias; Forced choice paradigm; Interpretation bias; Separation anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPONSE TIME; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 70350566222     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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