Coping With Fear Through Suppression and Avoidance of Threatening Information

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-274

  Nielsen, Jesper ^a   Shapiro, Stewart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

attention avoidance; fear appeal; suppression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAR DRIVING; FEAR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; RISK-TAKING; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049126580     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017018     Document Type: Article

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