One-session virtual reality exposure treatment for fear of flying: 1-year follow-up and graduation flight accompaniment effects

Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-40

  Mühlberger, Andreas ^a   Weik, Anne ^b   Pauli, Paul ^a   Wiedemann, Georg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLYING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHOBIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 31344451880     PISSN: 10503307     EISSN: 14684381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10503300500090944     Document Type: Article

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