The contribution of attentional bias to worry: Distinguishing the roles of selective engagement and disengagement

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-277

  Hirsch, Colette R ^a,b   MacLeod, Colin ^b   Mathews, Andrew ^c   Sandher, Oneet ^a   Siyani, Amruti ^a   Hayes, Sarra ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Attentional disengagement; Attentional engagement; Cognitive bias modification; Worry

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL DISENGAGEMENT; ATTENTIONAL ENGAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79151473545     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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