Training implicit social anxiety associations: An experimental intervention

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-308

  Clerkin, Elise M ^a   Teachman, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive processing; Conditioning; Implicit associations; Social anxiety; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOTHERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950370748     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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