Augmenting one-session treatment of children's specific phobias with attention training to positive stimuli

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 107-119

  Waters, Allison M ^a   Farrell, Lara J ^a   Zimmer Gembeck, Melanie J ^a   Milliner, Ella ^a   Tiralongo, Evelin ^a   Donovan, Caroline L ^a   McConnell, Harry ^a   Bradley, Brendan P ^b   Mogg, Karin ^b   Ollendick, Thomas H ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention training; Children; Exposure therapy; Phobias

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; ATTENTIONAL BIAS MODIFICATION TRAINING TOWARDS POSITIVE STIMULI; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONE SESSION TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOBIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SHORT MOOD AND FEELINGS QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPECIFIC PHOBIA; SPENCE CHILDREN ANXIETY SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EMOTION; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84910088016     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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