Dealing with Fear of Blushing: A Psychoeducational Group Intervention for Fear of Blushing

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 481-487

  Dijk, Corine ^a   Buwalda, Femke M ^a   de Jong, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive Behavioural Group Intervention; Fear of Blushing; Psychoeducation; Social Phobia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHOBIA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BLUSHING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP;

EID: 84864609182     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: 10990879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpp.764     Document Type: Article

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