Imagery and its characteristics in people who are anxious about spiders

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-176

  Pratt, Daniel ^a   Cooper, Myra J ^a,b   Hackmann, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Early memories; Imagery; Spider anxiety; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMAGINATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; SKIN SENSATION; SPIDER; SPIDER PHOBIA; VISION;

EID: 2542462944     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465804001158     Document Type: Article

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