I am going to gag: Disgust cognitions in spider and blood-injury-injection fears

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-414

  Teachman, Bethany A ^a   Saporito, Jena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 60749114507     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930801961731     Document Type: Article

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