Training anxious children to disengage attention from threat: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 861-869

  Bar Haim, Yair ^a   Morag, Inbar ^a   Glickman, Shlomit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

anxiety; attention bias modification treatment; children; Threat bias

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMOTION; FEAR; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; TEACHING; VISION;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; CUES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMOTIONS; FEAR; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SPACE PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEACHING; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960283514     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02368.x     Document Type: Article

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