Verbal worry facilitates attention to threat in high-worriers

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-14

  Williams, Marc O ^a   Mathews, Andrew ^a,b   Hirsch, Colette R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Dot probe; Imagery; Verbal linguistic processing; Worry

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MOOD; THREAT; VERBAL WORRY;

ATTENTION; DOT PROBE; IMAGERY; VERBAL-LINGUISTIC PROCESSING; WORRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881096722     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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