The impact of engaging in verbal versus imagery-based worry on attenuational processing

Generalised anxiety disorder is characterised by excessive, uncontrollable, worry. The current study tested the idea that the verbal nature of worry in GAD, due to its abstract nature, might self-maintain by generating a widespread attentional bias for threat. It was hypothesised that verbal worry w...

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Main Author: Williams, Marc
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.631294