The structural relation between disgust sensitivity and blood-injection-injury fears: A cross-cultural comparison of US and Dutch data

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-29

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Sawchuk, Craig N ^b   De Jong, Peter J ^c   Lohr, Jeffrey M ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal reminder; Blood injection injury; Core; Cross cultural; Disgust; Fear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOPHOBIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHOBIA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFFECT; BLOOD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 28444462865     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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