Lack of a Benign Interpretation Bias in Social Anxiety Disorder

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-129

  Amir, Nader ^a   Prouvost, Caroline ^a   Kuckertz, Jennie M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Information processing; Interpretation bias; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CUES; FEAR; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 84866860902     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506073.2012.662655     Document Type: Article

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