Attention training to reduce attention bias and social stressor reactivity: An attempt to replicate and extend previous findings

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 350-358

  Julian, Kristin ^a   Beard, Courtney ^b   Schmidt, Norman B ^c   Powers, Mark B ^a   Smits, Jasper A J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention bias; Attention training; Exercise; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION BIAS; ATTENTION MODIFICATION PROGRAM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC SPEAKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859600311     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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