Anxious children's ability to generate alternative attributions for ambiguous situations

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-103

  Berry, Alexis ^a   Cooper, Myra ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; CBT; children; cognitive biases; Cognitive behavioural therapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDER; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; APTITUDE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 82955195385     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465811000518     Document Type: Article

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