A cross-cultural study of animal fears

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 735-750

  Davey, Graham C L ^a   McDonald, Angus S ^a   Hirisave, Uma ^b   Prabhu, G G ^b   Iwawaki, Saburo ^c   Jim, Ching Im ^c   Merckelbach, Harald ^d   De Jong, Peter J ^d   Leung, Patrick W L ^e   C Reimann, Bradley ^f  

^a Univ S   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c SHOWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f Ctr Stud Treatm Anxiety Disord   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA;

EID: 0031848927     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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