Transmission of Cognitive Bias and Fear From Parents to Children: An Experimental Study

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 642-654

  Remmerswaal, Danielle ^a   Muris, Peter ^b   Huijding, Jorg ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PARENT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 84923033492     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2014.987378     Document Type: Article

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