The structure of common fears: Comparing three different models

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-149

  de Jongh, Ad ^a   Oosterink, Floor M D ^a   Kieffer, Jacobien M ^a   Hoogstraten, Johan ^a   Aartman, Irene H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84855376229     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5406/amerjpsyc.124.2.0141     Document Type: Article

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