The effect of distraction on within-session anxiety reduction during brief in vivo exposure for mild blood-injection fears

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 607-621

  Penfold, Kyla ^b   Page, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033502272     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7894(99)80028-8     Document Type: Article

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