Cognitive processing and acrophobia: Validating the Heights Interpretation Questionnaire

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 896-902

  Steinman, Shari A ^a   Teachman, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrophobia; Height fear; Interpretation; Scale validation

Indexed keywords

ACROPHOBIA; ACROPHOBIA QUESTIONNAIRE ANXIETY SUBSCALE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; DEPRESSION SCALE OF THE DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALES; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HEIGHTS INTERPRETATION QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PHOBIA; PREDICTION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79961022040     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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