Psychophysiological reactivity of currently dental phobic-, remitted dental phobic- and never-dental phobic individuals during exposure to dental-related and other affect-inducing materials

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• 作者：André ; Wannemueller^a ; ^{andre.wannemueller@rub.de} ; Dirk Adolph^a ; Hans-Peter Joehren^b ; Simon E. Blackwell^a ; ^c ; Jü ; rgen Margraf^a
• 关键词：Specific phobia ; Startle potentiation ; Cardiac defensive responses ; Defence preparation ; Dental phobia ; Dental fear
• 刊名：Behaviour Research and Therapy
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：90
• 期：Complete
• 页码：76-86
• 全文大小：851 K
• 卷排序：90

文摘

Exposure to fear cues evokes defensive action preparation in phobic individuals. We investigated defensive mobilization in remitted and current dental phobics. Currently phobic individuals displayed fight-flight preparation to phobic pictures. In contrast, remitted dental phobic showed no sign of defence preparation. We discuss possible underlying factors in relation to fear inhibition.