Separation anxiety disorder in children: Disorder-specific responses to experimental separation from the mother

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-187

  Kossowsky, Joe ^a   Wilhelm, Frank H ^b   Roth, Walton T ^c,d   Schneider, Silvia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; Childhood anxiety; respiration; separation anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESPIRATION; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855845085     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02465.x     Document Type: Article

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