The Origins of Specific Phobias: Influential Theories and Current Perspectives

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-348

  Coelho, Carlos Magalhães ^a   Purkis, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

development; emotion; etiology; fear; specific phobias

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949109282     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017759     Document Type: Article

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