Avoidant decision-making in social anxiety disorder: A laboratory task linked to in vivo anxiety and treatment outcome

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-103

  Pittig, Andre ^a,b   Alpers, Georg W ^a   Niles, Andrea N ^c   Craske, Michelle G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Decision making; Experimental psychopathology; Facial expressions; Goal directed behavior; Incentives; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HAPPINESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PUBLIC SPEAKING; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REWARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REWARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84939615232     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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