Associative learning in flying phobia

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 838-843

  Vriends, Noortje ^a   Michael, Tanja ^a,c   Schindler, Bettina ^b   Margraf, Jürgen ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Fit to Fly   (Switzerland)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Classical conditioning; Conditionability; Evaluative conditioning; Flying phobia; Specific phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FLYING; FLYING PHOBIA; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DIPTERA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84155173353     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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