Anxiety-linked expectancy bias across the adult lifespan

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 345-355

  Steinman, Shari A ^a   Smyth, Frederick L ^a   Bucks, Romola S ^b   MacLeod, Colin ^b   Teachman, Bethany A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anxiety; Expectancy bias; Positivity effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; OPTIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84873643921     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.711743     Document Type: Article

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