Modifying adolescent interpretation biases through cognitive training: Effects on negative affect and stress appraisals

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 602-611

  Telman, Machteld D ^a,b   Holmes, Emily A ^c   Lau, Jennifer Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety; Cognitive bias modification; Interpretational style; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84884277221     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10578-013-0386-6     Document Type: Article

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