Intolerance of uncertainty and uncertainty-related attentional biases: Evidence of facilitated engagement or disengagement difficulty?

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 735-741

  Fergus, Thomas A ^a   Bardeen, Joseph R ^b   Wu, Kevin D ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional bias; Disengagement difficulty; Facilitated engagement; Intolerance of uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; STIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84881150246     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-012-9509-9     Document Type: Review

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