Positive affect predicts less reacquisition of fear: relevance for long-term outcomes of exposure therapy

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 712-725

  Zbozinek, Tomislav D ^a   Craske, Michelle G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

exposure therapy; Extinction; fear conditioning; learning; positive affect; rapid reacquisition

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EXPOSURE THERAPY; EXTINCTION; FEAR CONDITIONING TEST; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; REACQUISITION; REINFORCEMENT; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; YOUNG ADULT; AFFECT; CONDITIONED REFLEX; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEAR;

AFFECT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959043680     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2016.1142428     Document Type: Article

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