Trait anxiety as a predictor of behaviour therapy outcome in spider phobia

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-91

  Muris, Peter ^a   Mayer, Birgit ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exposure in vivo; Spider phobia; Therapy outcome; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SPIDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031911436     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465898000095     Document Type: Article

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