A randomized trial of attention training for generalized social phobia: Does attention training change social behavior?

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 662-673

  Bunnell, Brian E ^a   Beidel, Deborah C ^a   Mesa, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention training; Bias; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION TRAINING; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS;

ATTENTION TRAINING; BIAS; SOCIAL ANXIETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884983186     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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