Is There Room for 'Development' in Developmental Models of Information Processing Biases to Threat in Children and Adolescents?

Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-332

  Field, Andy P ^a   Lester, Kathryn J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child development; Information processing biases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78549288110     PISSN: 10964037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10567-010-0078-8     Document Type: Article

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