Emotional avoidance: An experimental test of individual differences and response suppression using biological challenge

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 403-411

  Feldner, M T ^a   Zvolensky, M J ^a   Eifert, G H ^b   Spira, A P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii West Oahu   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Biological challenge; Emotional avoidance; Suppression

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PANIC; PHYSICAL STRESS;

EID: 0037376805     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(02)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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