Trait anxiety, disgust sensitivity, and the hierarchic structure of fears

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1059-1074

  McDonald, Scott D ^a   Hartman, Nathan S ^b   Vrana, Scott R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disgust; Factor structure; Fear; Phobias; Psychopathology; State Trait Anxiety Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL PHOBIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD INJECTION INJURY PHOBIA; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 46249114396     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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