Interpretation and expectation in childhood anxiety disorders: Age effects and social specificity

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 453-465

  Creswell, Cathy ^a   Murray, Lynne ^a,b   Cooper, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Child; Cognition; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897596456     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-013-9795-z     Document Type: Article

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