Cognitive biases in childhood anxiety disorders: Do interpretive and judgment biases distinguish anxious youth from their non-anxious peers?

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 751-758

  Cannon, Melinda F ^a   Weems, Carl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety control; Childhood anxiety disorders; Cognitive biases; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDREN NEGATIVE COGNITIVE ERROR QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; VALIDITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUDGMENT; MALE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77955583454     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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