Attentional biases and the persistence of sad mood in major depressive disorder

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-85

  Clasen, Peter C ^a   Wells, Tony T ^b   Ellis, Alissa J ^a   Beevers, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Attentional bias; Major depressive disorder; Mood induction; Mood persistence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD; SADNESS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 84878472994     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029211     Document Type: Article

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