Active-imaginal exposure: Examination of a new behavioral treatment for cynophobia (dog phobia)

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1337-1353

  Rentz, Timothy O ^a   Powers, Mark B ^b   Smits, Jasper A J ^b   Cougle, Jesse R ^b   Telch, Michael J ^b  

^a Hill Air Force Base   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral treatment; Dog phobia; Exposure; Specific phobia; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CYANOPHOBIA; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141838917     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00041-X     Document Type: Article

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