Self-reported automaticity and irrationality in spider phobia

Psychological Reports

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 395-405

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

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SPIDER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOMATISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPIDERS;

EID: 0034295167     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.87.2.395     Document Type: Article

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