Disgust as the source of false positive effects in the measurement of ophidiophobia

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 371-382

  Klieger, Douglas M ^a   Siejak, Kimberly K ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PHOBIA; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF EVALUATION; SNAKE; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SNAKES;

EID: 0346510997     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989709603523     Document Type: Article

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