Spider-phobic children do not react with differential skin conductance responses to masked phobic stimuli

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-248

  Mayer, Birgit ^a   Merckelbach, Harald ^a   Muris, Peter ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Backwardly masked stimuli; Phobic children; SCRs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOBIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SPIDER;

EID: 0032835365     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022877431975     Document Type: Article

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