Disgust and disgust sensitivity in blood-injection-injury and spider phobia

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 949-953

  Tolin, David F ^a,b   Lohr, Jeffrey M ^a   Sawchuk, Craig N ^a   Lee, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHOBIA; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE; BLOOD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPIDERS; STUDENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030683996     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(97)00048-X     Document Type: Article

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