The Effects of Safety Behavior Directed Towards a Safety Cue on Perceptions of Threat

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 604-610

  Engelhard, Iris M ^a   van Uijen, Sophie L ^a   van Seters, Niels ^a   Velu, Nicolette ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Safety behavior; Threat perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SAFETY BEHAVIOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THREAT; YOUNG ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; FEAR; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; SAFETY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943814690     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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