Absence of a positive bias in social anxiety: The application of a directed forgetting paradigm

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-210

  Liang, Chi Wen ^a   Hsu, Wen Yau ^a   Hung, Fu Chien ^b   Wang, Wei Ting ^a   Lin, Chao Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Yaun Christian University   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Directed forgetting; Memory bias; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRIEF FEAR OF NEGATIVE EVALUATION SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE AND DISTRESS SCALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 78650983305     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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