Specificity of disgust sensitivity in the prediction of behavioral avoidance in contamination fear

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2110-2120

  Deacon, Brett ^a   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Contamination; Disgust; Fear; OCD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTAMINATION; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547668485     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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