Vigilance and avoidance of threat in the eye movements of children with separation anxiety disorder

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-235

  In Albon, Tina ^a   Kossowsky, Joe ^a   Schneider, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Eye movement; Separation anxiety disorder; Vigilance avoidance model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77951932776     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-009-9359-4     Document Type: Article

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