Contamination and harm relevant UCS-expectancy bias in spider phobic individuals: Influence of treatment

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 510-518

  Van Overveld, Mark ^a   De Jong, Peter J ^b   Huijding, Jorg ^a   Peters, Madelon L ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contamination; Disgust; Exposure In Vivo; Spider Phobia; Treatment; UCS Expectancy Bias

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPIDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SPIDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650096274     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.678     Document Type: Article

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