A behavioral test of contamination fear in excessive health anxiety
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A behavioral test of contamination fear in excessive health anxiety.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Health anxiety is characterized by a preoccupation with the possibility of having a serious health condition or disease. Contemporary conceptualizations of health anxiety have improved in recent years to incorporate a fear of acquiring an illness; however, there is limited experimental data demonstrating the presence of fear of contamination among health anxious indivi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0005-7916
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.09.011