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The etiology of phobias: an evaluation of the stress-diathesis model.

Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Mar 2002

Kendler Kenneth S, Myers John, Prescott Carol A

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BACKGROUND: We evaluated for phobias the prediction of the stress-diathesis model that the magnitude of stress at onset is inversely proportional to the level of underlying diathesis. METHODS: In more than 7500 twins from a population-based registry, we assessed the personality trait of neuroticism--as an index of phobia-proneness--and the lifetime histories of 5 phobia subtypes (agoraphobia, social, animal,...

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Adult
Agoraphobia
Diseases in Twins
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Life Change Events
Male
Middle Aged
Neurotic Disorders
Personality Assessment
Phobic Disorders

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PMID: 11879162
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.59.3.242

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