Attentional bias towards threatening stimuli in children with anxiety: A meta-analysis

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 66-75

  Dudeney, Joanne ^a   Sharpe, Louise ^a   Hunt, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional bias; Child

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANXIETY; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; EFFECT SIZE; EYE TRACKING; EYELID REFLEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STIMULATION; STROOP TEST; THREAT; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84930935123     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.05.007     Document Type: Review

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