No Significant Evidence of Cognitive Biases for Emotional Stimuli in Children At-Risk of Developing Anxiety Disorders

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1243-1252

  Ewing, Donna L ^a   Dash, Suzanne ^a   Thompson, Ellen J ^a   Hazell, Cassie M ^a   Hughes, Zoe ^a   Lester, Kathryn J ^a   Cartwright Hatton, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambiguous situations; Anxiety; At risk children; Cognitive bias; Emotion recognition

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84953432736     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-0122-8     Document Type: Article

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