Approach and avoidance of emotional faces in happy and sad mood

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Vrijsen, Janna N ^a   Van Oostrom, Iris ^a   Speckens, Anne ^a   Becker, Eni S ^b   Rinck, Mike ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach; Avoidance; Depression; Facial expressions; Mood

Indexed keywords

APPROACH BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; OBSERVER BIAS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84876296327     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-012-9436-9     Document Type: Article

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