Chronic Worry and the Temporal Dynamics of Emotional Processing

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-114

  Oathes, Desmond J ^a   Siegle, Greg J ^b   Ray, William J ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance; Emotion; Vigilance; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; RUMINATION; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STROOP TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SELF REPORT; STROOP TEST; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952830825     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021781     Document Type: Article

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