An exploratory investigation of the origin and maintenance of phobias
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Rachman's (1977) three pathways to fear have been widely validated through adult retrospective accounts and experimental studies with non-clinical children.
“Rachman ' s (1977) three pathways to fear have been widely validated through adult retrospective accounts (e.g. Murray & Foote, 1979; Rimm et al., 1977), as well as experimental studies with non-clinical children (Field & Storksen-Coulson, 2007; Merckelbach et al., 1996; Muris & Field, 2010; Ollendick & King, 1991).”
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- Authors
- Rimm, D. C., Janda, L. H., Lancaster, D. W., Nahl, M., & Dittmar, K.
- Affiliations
- Old Dominion University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rimm, David C.
- Venue
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1977
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 231-238
- ISSN
- 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2048466598
- Cited by
- 82
- References
- 14
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 4.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- phobia, fear acquisition, catastrophic thinking, cognitive appraisal, observational learning, direct experience
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety, Cognition, Conditioning, Classical, Female, Humans, Imagination, Phobic Disorders, Verbal Learning
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