Reliability of the emotional Stroop task: An investigation of patients with panic disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1243-1248

  Dresler, T ^a,b   Ehlis, A C ^a   Hindi Attar, C ^c   Ernst, L H ^a   Tupak, S V ^b   Hahn, T ^d   Warrings, B ^b   Markulin, F ^b   Spitzer, C ^c,e   Lowe B ^c   Deckert, J ^b   Fallgatter, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Asklepios Fachklinikum Tiefenbrunn   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotional Stroop task; Panic disorder; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84864384244     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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