With contributions from a global team of experts this book provides a comprehensive overview of information processing biases in children and adolescents.The first book to provide readers with an understanding of anxiety and the role of information processing biases more broadly in the context of developmental psychopathologyDemonstrates how researchers have explored diverse aspects of information processing in anxious children and adolescentsDraws on the microparadigms used in the study of development and psychopathology to consider issues related to heritability, temperament, learning and parentingConsiders preventative methods and treatment protocols