Anxiety Symptoms Influence the Effect of Post-Trauma Interventions after Analogue Trauma

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 209-222

  Hagenaars, Muriel A ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anxiety; imagery rescripting; intrusions; reexperiences; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 85203331646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.020311     Document Type: Article

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