Constructive effects of engaging in post-event processing in high and low socially anxious individuals

Behaviour Change

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 127-147

  Makkar, Steve R ^a   Grisham, Jessica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Post event processing; Rumination; Social anxiety; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POST-EVENT PROCESSING; SOCIAL ANXIETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATIC CELL; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84876968690     PISSN: 08134839     EISSN: 20497768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/bec.2012.13     Document Type: Article

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