Attempted suppression of social threat thoughts: Differential effects for social phobia and healthy controls?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 653-660

  Kingsep, Patrick ^a,b   Page, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Centre for Clinical Interventions   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Intrusive thought; Social phobia; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL THREAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THINKING; THOUGHT SUPPRESSION; THREAT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; SELF EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77953356392     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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