The role of cognitions, trait anxiety and disgust sensitivity in generating faintness around blood-injury phobic stimuli

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-52

  Exeter Kent, Holly A ^a   Page, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood injury phobia; Cognitions; Disgust; Fainting; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PHOBIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BLOOD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNCOPE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 28444458047     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2005.09.004     Document Type: Article

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