An integrative network approach to social anxiety disorder: The complex dynamic interplay among attentional bias for threat, attentional control, and symptoms

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-104

  Heeren, Alexandre ^a,b   McNally, Richard J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attention networks; Attentional bias for threat; Community detection; Computational social sciences; Graph theory; Network analysis; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; ATTENTIONAL CONTROL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORIENTATION; RESPONSE TIME; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH; THREAT; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; FEAR; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL BIAS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIA, SOCIAL; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977636060     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.06.009     Document Type: Article

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