Blood-injection-injury fears: Harm- vs. disgust-relevant selective outcome associations

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-274

  de Jong, Peter J ^a   Peters, Madelon L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood injection injury phobia; Covariation bias; Disgust; Disgust sensitivity; Expectancy bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EXPECTANCY; FEAR; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOBIA; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTITUDE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INJECTIONS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34447572608     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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