Modifying interpretation biases: Effects on symptomatology, behavior, and physiological reactivity in social anxiety

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-52

  Nowakowski, Matilda E ^a   Antony, Martin M ^a   Koerner, Naomi ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias modification; Cognitive restructuring; Interpretation biases; Interpretation training; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERPRETATION BIAS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL BIAS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939566812     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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