Preventing Childhood Anxiety Disorders: Is an Applied Game as Effective as a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Program?

Prevention Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 220-232

  Schoneveld, Elke A ^a   Lichtwarck Aschoff, Anna ^a   Granic, Isabela ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Applied game; CBT; Children; Non inferiority; Prevention; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIDEO GAME;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 85030112174     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-017-0843-8     Document Type: Article

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