Testing the Habituation-Based Model of Exposures for Child and Adolescent Anxiety

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue sup1, 2019, Pages S34-S44

  Peterman, Jeremy S ^a   Carper, Matthew M ^a   Kendall, Philip C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84976433980     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2016.1163707     Document Type: Article

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