Maternal anxiety and cognitive biases towards threat in their own and their child's environment

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 756-766

  Lester, Kathryn J ^a   Field, Andy P ^a   Cartwright Hatton, Sam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; Attention; Catastrophizing; Cognitive bias; Interpretation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CATASTROPHIZING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS;

EID: 84874399527     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029711     Document Type: Article

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