Fear of evaluation in social anxiety: Mediation of attentional bias to human faces

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 475-483

  Sluis, Rachel A ^a   Boschen, Mark J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Fear of negative evaluation; Fear of positive evaluation; Social anxiety disorder; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION ANXIETY SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ATTENTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904732057     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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