Differential predictive power of self report and implicit measures on behavioural and physiological fear responses to spiders

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-174

  Van Bockstaele, Bram ^a   Verschuere, Bruno ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a   Tibboel, Helen ^a   De Houwer, Jan ^a   Crombez, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attentional bias; Heart rate; Implicit attitude; Prediction; Skin conductance; Spider fear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SPIDERS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551625235     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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