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Anxiety, Stress, & Coping
An International Journal
Volume 15, 2002 - Issue 1
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Attention to Positive and Negative Social-Evaluative Words: Investigating the Effects of Social Anxiety, Trait Anxiety and Social Threat

Warren Mansell Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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Anke Ehlers Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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David Clark Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK
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Yi-Ping Chen CTSU, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, OX2 6HE
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