A reattributional training program as a therapeutic strategy for fear of flying

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 259-272

  Capafóns, Juan I ^a   Sosa, Carmen D ^a   Viña, Conrado M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Fear of flying; Flying phobia; Reattributional training; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; FLYING; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRAINING;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033492719     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7916(99)00028-2     Document Type: Article

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