Does attention redirection contribute to the effectiveness of attention bias modification on social anxiety?

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-62

  Yao, Nisha ^a   Yu, Hongyu ^a   Qian, Mingyi ^a   Li, Songwei ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Attention bias modification; Non valence specific change; Subclinical anxiety; Valence specific change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION BIAS MODIFICATION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS; THREAT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FACIAL RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942750053     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.09.006     Document Type: Article

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