A functionalist perspective on social anxiety and avoidant personality disorder

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1065-1082

  LaFreniere, Peter ^a  

^a University of Maine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 73949084366     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579409990046     Document Type: Review

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