Gender, gender roles, and anxiety: Perceived confirmability of self report, behavioral avoidance, and physiological reactivity

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206-214

  Stoyanova, Milena ^a   Hope, Debra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavioral avoidance; Gender; Gender role; Physiological reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL APPROACH TEST; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84855480415     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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