Cognitive avoidance in phobia

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-55

  Kindt, Merci ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive avoidance; Negative priming; Recall; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOBIA; RECALL; SPIDER; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0031956240     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023083309804     Document Type: Article

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