Fear Biases in Emotional Face Processing Following Childhood Trauma as a Marker of Resilience and Vulnerability to Depression

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 240-250

  Suzuki, Akiko ^a   Poon, Lucia ^b   Kumari, Veena ^a,b   Cleare, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ANOVA; child abuse; child maltreatment; depression; experimental analog studies

Indexed keywords

ANGER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ANGER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84944674418     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: 15526119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559515600781     Document Type: Article

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