Attention training toward and away from threat in social phobia: Effects on subjective, behavioral, and physiological measures of anxiety

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-39

  Heeren, Alexandre ^a,b   Reese, Hannah E ^c   McNally, Richard J ^d   Philippot, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention training; Attentional bias; Cognitive bias modification; Probe detection task; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENTION TRAINING; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83355169567     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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