Using signal detection theory to test the impact of negative emotion on sub-clinical paranoia

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-101

  Westermann, Stefan ^a   Lincoln, Tania M ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Emotions; Faces; Paranoia; Persecutory delusion; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONELINESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARANOIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; THEORY; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHECKLIST; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARANOID DISORDERS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBLIMINAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76349086900     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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