The effect of future time perspective manipulation on affect and attentional bias

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 302-312

  Demeyer, Ineke ^a   De Raedt, Rudi ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Affect; Attentional bias; Future time perspective; Imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TIME PERCEPTION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901736403     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: 15732819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-013-9584-6     Document Type: Article

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