Behavioral Inhibition and Attentional Control in Adolescents: Robust Relationships with Anxiety and Depression

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-156

  Sportel, B Esther ^a   Nauta, Maaike H ^a,b   de Hullu, Eva ^b   de Jong, Peter J ^b   Hartman, Catharina A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anxiety; Attentional control; Behavioral inhibition; Depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952283203     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-010-9435-y     Document Type: Article

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