Manipulating perceptions of spider characteristics and predicted spider fear: Evidence for the cognitive vulnerability model of the etiology of fear

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 691-703

  Armfield, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive vulnerability; Control; Danger; Fear; Predictability; Spider phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; SPIDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CULTURE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPIDERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 34249278435     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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