Thought suppression in spider-fearful and nonfearful individuals

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-205

  Wenzel, Amy ^a   Barth, Tara C ^b   Holt, Craig S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fear; Spider phobia; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPIDER; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPIDERS; THINKING;

EID: 0042510390     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: 19400888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221300309601284     Document Type: Article

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