Why behavior analysts should study emotion: The example of anxiety

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-156

  Friman, Patrick C ^a   Hayes, Steven C ^a   Wilson, Kelly G ^a  

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Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance; Emotion; Relational frame theory; Stimulus equivalence

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONING; EDUCATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REVIEW;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0032011107     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1998.31-137     Document Type: Article

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