Are attentional control resources reduced by worry in generalized anxiety disorder?

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 330-335

  Stefanopoulou, Evgenia ^a   Hirsch, Colette R ^b   Hayes, Sarra ^a   Adlam, Anna ^c   Coker, Sian ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Generalized anxiety disorder; Working memory; Worry

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BUSPIRONE; DIAZEPAM; ESCITALOPRAM; IMIPRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; VENLAFAXINE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; KEY PRESSING TASK; MALE; N BACK TASK; PATIENT WORRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84901792521     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036343     Document Type: Article

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