Vulnerability representation: The role of perceived dangerousness, uncontrollability unpredictability and disgustingness in spider fear

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 899-909

  Armfield, Jason M ^a   Mattiske, Julie K ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; STUDENT; VARIANCE;

EID: 0030297579     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(96)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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