Attentional bias to activity of different parts of the body in children with functional abdominal pain: An experimental study

Journal of Pediatric Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 438-449

  Van Der Veek, Shelley M C ^a   Derkx, Bert H F ^b   Plak, Rachel D ^a,c   Benninga, Marc A ^b   Boer, Frits ^a   Lindauer, Ramon J L ^a   De Haan, Else ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attentional bias; bodily activity; children and adolescents; functional abdominal pain; symptom perception hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84899565976     PISSN: 01468693     EISSN: 1465735X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsu004     Document Type: Article

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