A cognitive model of pathological worry

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 636-646

  Hirsch, Colette R ^a,b   Mathews, Andrew ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional control; Emotional processing biases; Interpretation; Worry

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONTROL; EMOTIONALITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATHOLOGICAL WORRY; PROBABILITY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865649079     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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