Attentional control and suppressing negative thought intrusions in pathological worry

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 593-606

  Fox, Elaine ^a   Dutton, Kevin ^a   Yates, Alan ^b   Georgiou, George A ^c   Mouchlianitis, Elias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University Way   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition and emotion; Cognitive training; Rumination; Worry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942873523     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702615575878     Document Type: Article

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