Comparing imagery and verbal instructions for the experimental modification of interpretation and judgmental bias in children

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 594-601

  Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P ^a   Blackwell, Simon E ^b   Moberly, Nicholas J ^c   Karahaliou, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Interpretation training; Mental imagery; Social anxiety; Verbal training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 80052546013     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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