Perceptual consequences of an illness-concern induction and its relation to hypochondriacal tendencies

Health Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-156

  Lecci, Len ^a   Cohen, Dale J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Hypochondriasis; Perceptual bias; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SENSATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036195252     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.21.2.147     Document Type: Article

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