Evaluating implicit spider fear associations using the Go/No-go Association Task

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-167

  Teachman, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic; Go No go Association Task; Implicit; Spider fear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; FEAR; FEAR OF SPIDER QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SPIDER; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPIDERS;

EID: 33947491347     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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