Deficient safety learning characterizes high trait anxious individuals

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 342-352

  Gazendam, Femke J ^a   Kamphuis, Jan H ^a   Kindt, Merel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Fear conditioning; Fear extinction; Fear generalization; Fear inhibition; Startle response; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFICIENT SAFETY LEARNING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STARTLE REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871502903     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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