Treatment of flying phobia using virtual reality exposure with or without cognitive restructuring: Participants' preferences

Revista de Psicopatologia y Psicologia Clinica

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 157-169

  Botella, Cristina ^a,c   Bretón LÓPEZ, Juana ^a,c   Serrano, Berenice ^a,c   García Palacios, Azucena ^a,c   Quero, Soledad ^a,c   Baños, Rosa ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive restructuring; Exposure; Fear of flying; Preferences; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979830523     PISSN: 11365420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5944/rppc.vol.19.num.3.2014.13898     Document Type: Article

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