Manipulating Self-Focused Attention in Children with Social Anxiety Disorder and in Socially Anxious and Non-Anxious Children

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 551-570

  Kley, Hanna ^a   Tuschen Caffier, Brunna ^b   Heinrichs, Nina ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

attentional focus; childhood; social anxiety disorder; social phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85203322905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.014511     Document Type: Article

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