Altered processing of health threat words as a function of hypochondriacal tendencies and experimentally manipulated control beliefs

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 211-224

  Lecci, Len ^a   Cohen, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHRAX; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 33845478765     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930600625248     Document Type: Article

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