Worry as a Predictor of Fear Acquisition in a Nonclinical Sample

Behavior Modification

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 723-750

  Joos, Els ^a   Vansteenwegen, Debora ^a   Hermans, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

human fear conditioning; individual differences; mental rehearsal; trait anxiety; US inflation; worry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866383691     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445512446477     Document Type: Article

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