Fear of blushing: Fearful preoccupation irrespective of facial coloration

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1119-1128

  Mulkens, Sandra ^a   De Jong, Peter J ^a   Dobbelaar, Annemiek ^a   Bögels, Susan M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blushing; Cheek coloration; Fear of blushing; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SKIN COLOR; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; BLUSHING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032791119     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00198-3     Document Type: Article

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