Relating individual differences in internalizing symptoms to emotional attention set-shifting in children

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 509-526

  Mocan, Oana ^a   Stanciu, Oana ^b   Visu Petra, Laura ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anxiety; attentional control; children; depression; emotional attention set shifting; internalizing

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; ROMANIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; MALE; REACTION TIME; ROMANIA; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84905406103     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: 14772205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615806.2014.888419     Document Type: Article

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