Attentional biases to social and health threat words in individuals with and without high social anxiety or depression

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 388-399

  Roberts, Karen E ^a   Hart, Trevor A ^b,c   Eastwood, John D ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Depression; Dot probe paradigm; Social anxiety; Social threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

EID: 77955091408     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-009-9245-y     Document Type: Article

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