Thesis
Cognitive processes in specific phobias and their treatment
- Abstract:
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Specific phobias are the most common form of anxiety disorder. Two factors have influenced cognitively oriented research in specific phobias: (i) conditioning theory; (ii) the assumption that phobias are "irrational". Experimental investigation has largely focused on information processing paradigms, which have not advanced treatment. In other anxiety disorders, the cognitive approach, with its emphasis on cognitive products such as meaning and beliefs, has been at the forefront o...
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- Publication date:
- 1994
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
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- Source identifiers:
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603835809
- Deposit date:
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2013-01-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Thorpe, S
- Copyright date:
- 1994
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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