Reducing children's social anxiety symptoms: Exploring a novel parent-administered cognitive bias modification training intervention

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 333-337

  Lau, Jennifer Y F ^a   Pettit, Eleanor ^a   Creswell, Cathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive bias modification; Interpretational bias; Parenting intervention; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE BIAS MODIFICATION OF INTERPRETATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ANXIETY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ANXIETY; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84876727180     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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