Mom told me scary things about this animal: Parents installing fear beliefs in their children via the verbal information pathway

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-346

  Muris, Peter ^a   van Zwol, Lisanne ^a   Huijding, Jorg ^a   Mayer, Birgit ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Fear; Parents; Verbal information

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARRATIVE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIGNETTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CHILD; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NARRATION; PERSONALITY; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950048319     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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