Focusing versus distraction and the response to clinical electric shocks

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 199-204

  Duker, Pieter C ^a   Van Den Bercken, John ^a   Foekens, Marie Anne ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AVERSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0032745045     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(99)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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