Studies on the role of disgust in the acquisition and maintenance of specific phobias

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 877-893

  Thorpe, Susan J ^a   Salkovskis, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; SPIDER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPIDERS;

EID: 0031820249     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00066-7     Document Type: Article

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