Delineating physiologic defensive reactivity in the domain of self-report: Phenotypic and etiologic structure of dispositional fear

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1305-1320

  Kramer, M D ^a   Patrick, C J ^b   Krueger, R F ^a   Gasperi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive startle potentiation; Fear; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STARTLE REFLEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; BIOMETRY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHENOTYPE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860783559     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002194     Document Type: Article

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