The emotional Stroop task and posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 817-828

  Cisler, Josh M ^a,b   Wolitzky Taylor, Kate B ^c   Adams, Thomas G ^d   Babson, Kimberly A ^d   Badour, Christal L ^d   Willems, Jeffrey L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; PTSD; Stroop; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROOP TEST; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STROOP TEST;

EID: 79955518054     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.03.007     Document Type: Review

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