Contextual startle responses moderate the relation between behavioral inhibition and anxiety in middle childhood

Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1544-1549

  Barker, Tyson V ^a   Reeb Sutherland, Bethany ^b   Degnan, Kathryn A ^a   Walker, Olga L ^a   Chronis Tuscano, Andrea ^a   Henderson, Heather A ^c   Pine, Daniel S ^d   Fox, Nathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioral inhibition; Risk factors; Startle; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX, STARTLE;

EID: 84942987743     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12517     Document Type: Article

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