The relationship among metacognitions, attentional control, and state anxiety

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-71

  Spada, Marcantonio M ^a   Georgiou, George A ^a   Wells, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Metacognitions; State anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 77951057974     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070902991791     Document Type: Article

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