Emotional working memory training as an online intervention for adolescent anxiety and depression: A randomised controlled trial

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 228-238

  Leone de Voogd, E ^a   Wiers, Reinout W ^a   Zwitser, Robert J ^a   Salemink, Elske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

adolescents; anxiety; cognitive control; depression; working memory training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983036988     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajpy.12134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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