Blood-injection-injury phobia and fear of spiders: Domain specific individual differences in disgust sensitivity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-158

  De Jong, Peter J ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood injury injection phobia; Disgust; Disgust sensitivity; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031992935     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(97)00178-5     Document Type: Article

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