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The present study examined whether this distinction relates to cognitive processes, indexed by attention bias towards threat, which is thought to cause and maintain anxiety disorders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291713000779_sec_a2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Diagnostic and attention bias data were analysed from 435 children between 5 and 13 years of age; 158 had principal fear disorder (specific phobia, social phobia or separation anxiety disorder), 75 had principal distress disorder (generalized anxiety disorder, GAD) and 202 had no psychiatric disorder. Anxious children were a clinic-based treatment-seeking sample. Attention bias was assessed on a visual-probe task with angry, neutral and happy faces.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291713000779_sec_a3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Compared to healthy controls, children with principal distress disorder (GAD) showed a significant bias towards threat relative to neutral faces whereas children with principal fear disorder showed an attention bias away from threat relative to neutral faces. 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