Are emotions frightening? An extension of the fear of fear construct

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-248

  Williams, K Elaine ^a   Chambless, Dianne L ^a,b   Ahrens, Anthony ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANIC; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031059472     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(96)00098-8     Document Type: Article

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