Identification of gradually changing emotional expressions in schoolchildren: The influence of the type of stimuli and of specific symptoms of anxiety

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1070-1079

  Battaglia, Marco ^a,b   Zanoni, Annalisa ^c,d   Ogliari, Anna ^c   Crevani, Federica ^c   Falzone, Lidia ^c   Bertoletti, Eleonora ^c   Di Serio, Clelia ^c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Institute Eugenio Medea   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Expressions of emotions; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GAME; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HAPPINESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 77956208263     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903112761     Document Type: Article

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