Attention biases in female survivors of chronic interpersonal violence: Relationship to trauma-related symptoms and physiology

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  DePierro, Jonathan ^a   D'Andrea, Wendy ^a   Pole, Nnamdi ^b  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Interpersonal violence; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952975082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20008066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v4i0.19135     Document Type: Article

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