Anxiety sensitivity, suffocation fear, and breath-holding duration as predictors of response to carbon dioxide challenge

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 146-149

  McNally, Richard J ^a   Eke, Marian ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BREATH HOLDING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSATION;

EID: 0030065463     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.105.1.146     Document Type: Article

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