Specific biases for identifying facial expression of emotion in children and adolescents with conversion disorders

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-280

  Kozlowska, Kasia ^a,b   Brown, Kerri J ^b   Palmer, Donna M ^b   Williams, Lea M ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

conversion disorder; dissociative disorder; dynamic maturational model; emotion identification; emotion processing; emotion recognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ALERTNESS; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSION DISORDER; DISGUST; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONVERSION DISORDER; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84876293841     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318286be43     Document Type: Article

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