Psychometric properties of reaction time based experimental paradigms measuring anxiety-related information-processing biases in children

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-107

  Brown, H M ^a   Eley, T C ^a   Broeren, S ^b   MacLeod, C ^c   Rinck, M ^d   Hadwin, J A ^e   Lester, K J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Information processing; Psychometrics; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CHILDREN; INFORMATION-PROCESSING; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIABILITY;

ANXIETY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84893424075     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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