Generalized implicit fear associations in generalized anxiety disorder

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 252-259

  Reinecke, Andrea ^a   Becker, Eni S ^b   Hoyer, Juergen ^c   Rinck, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fear associations; GAD; Generalized anxiety disorder; Implicit associations; STIAT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77649254271     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20662     Document Type: Article

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