Cognitive bias modification in pre-adolescent children: Inducing an interpretation bias affects self-imagery

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 547-556

  Vassilopoulos, Stephanos P ^a   Moberly, Nicholas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Interpretation bias; Self image; Social anxiety; Training

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TRAINING;

EID: 84878010980     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-012-9481-4     Document Type: Article

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