Experimentally modifying interpretations for positive and negative social scenarios in children: A preliminary investigation

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-116

  Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P ^a   Moberly, Nicholas J ^b   Zisimatou, Georgia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; children; cognitive bias modification; interpretation biases

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CATASTROPHIZING; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84870834578     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465812000537     Document Type: Article

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