Anxiety sensitivity, body vigilance and fear of pain

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 715-727

  Rosa Esteve, M ^a   Camacho, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety sensitivity; Body vigilance; Fear of pain; Neuroticism; Pain; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BODY VIGILANCE; CATASTROPHIZING; COLD PRESSOR TEST; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SELF EVALUATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLD TEMPERATURE; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 43249094901     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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