Effect of stimulus type and worry on physiological response to fear

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 809-823

  Castaneda, Jay O ^a   Segerstrom, Suzanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure; Fear; Immediacy; Phobia; Worry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SPIDER; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAGUS TONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SPIDERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 4944264492     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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