A behavioral route to dysfunctional representations: The effects of training approach or avoidance tendencies towards novel animals in children

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 471-477

  Huijding, Jorg ^a   Field, Andy P ^b   De Houwer, Jan ^c   Vandenbosch, Katrien ^c   Rinck, Mike ^d   van Oeveren, Machteld ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance; Children; Fear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CHILD; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 67349109943     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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