Gender and age differences in the prevalence of specific fears and phobias

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-39

  Fredrikson, Mats ^a,b   Annas, Peter ^a   Fischer, Håkan ^a   Wik, Gustav ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; DARKNESS; DENTIST; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; FLYING; GENDER; HUMAN; INJECTION; LIGHTNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE; SPIDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029655341     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(95)00048-3     Document Type: Article

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