Safety behaviors and judgmental biases in social anxiety disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-237

  Taylor, Charles T ^a   Alden, Lynn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Judgmental biases; Safety behaviors; Social anxiety disorder; Social judgments

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAFETY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76849094124     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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