Mother knows best: Effects of maternal modelling on the acquisition of fear and avoidance behaviour in toddlers

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 279-287

  Gerull, Friederike C ^a   Rapee, Ronald M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Anxiety; Infants; Modelling; Social referencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE; SPIDER; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS;

EID: 0036164979     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(01)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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