A contemporary behavior analysis of anxiety and avoidance

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-27

  Dymond, Simon ^a   Roche, Bryan ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Avoidance; Clinical behavior analysis; Derived relational responding; Transformation of functions

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; HUMAN;

EID: 68949105827     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392173     Document Type: Article

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