Cognitive bias modification of interpretations: A viable treatment for child and adolescent anxiety?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 614-622

  Lau, Jennifer Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children and adolescents; Cognitive bias modification; Cognitive training; Negative interpretational style

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BIAS MODIFICATION OF INTERPRETATIONS TRAINING; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMOTION; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ANXIETY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TRAIT ANXIETY;

ANXIETY; CBM-I; CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS; COGNITIVE BIAS MODIFICATION; COGNITIVE BIAS MODIFICATION OF INTERPRETATIONS; COGNITIVE TRAINING; NEGATIVE INTERPRETATIONAL STYLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS;

EID: 84880987927     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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