Effects of Experienced Disgust on Habituation During Repeated Exposure to Threat-Relevant Stimuli in Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-141

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Ciesielski, Bethany G ^a   Wolitzky Taylor, Kate B ^b   Wentworth, Brian J ^a   Viar, Megan A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood; Disgust; Exposure; Habituation; Phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BLOOD INJECTION INJURY PHOBIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PREDICTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CUES; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856427230     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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