Health anxiety - An indicator of higher interoceptive sensitivity?

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-309

  Krautwurst, Susann ^a   Gerlach, Alexander L ^b   Gomille, Lara ^a   Hiller, Wolfgang ^a   Witthöft, Michael ^a,c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health anxiety; Heartbeat perception; Interoception; Nonspecific skin conductance fluctuations

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH ANXIETY; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTEROCEPTIVE SENSITIVITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

HEALTH ANXIETY; HEARTBEAT PERCEPTION; INTEROCEPTION; NONSPECIFIC SKIN CONDUCTANCE FLUCTUATIONS;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896833653     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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