A dirty animal is a scary animal! Effects of disgust-related information on fear beliefs in children

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-144

  Muris, Peter ^a   Mayer, Birgit ^a   Huijding, Jorg ^a   Konings, Tjeerd ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal fear; Children; Disgust; Fear beliefs; Instructional learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149108223     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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