Does modified interpretation bias influence automatic avoidance behaviour?

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-337

  Lange, Wolf Gero ^a   Salemink, Elske ^b,d   Windey, Ine ^c   Keijsers, Ger P J ^a   Krans, Julie ^a   Becker, Eni S ^a   Rinck, Mike ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77956429153     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1679     Document Type: Article

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