Delineating physiologic defensive reactivity in the domain of self-report: phenotypic and etiologic structure of dispositional fear.

doi:10.1017/S0033291711002194

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Delineating physiologic defensive reactivity in the domain of self-report: phenotypic and etiologic structure of dispositional fear.

Psychological medicine - 1 Jun 2012

Kramer M D, Patrick C J, Krueger R F, Gasperi M

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BACKGROUND: Individual differences in fear and fearlessness have been investigated at their extremes in relation to markedly different forms of psychopathology--anxiety disorders and psychopathy, respectively. A documented neural substrate of fear-related traits and disorders is defensive reactivity as reflected in aversive startle potentiation (ASP). METHOD: The current study extended prior work by...

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Adolescent
Adult
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Biometry
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Fear
Female
Humans
Individuality
Male
Models, Statistical
Personality
Personality Inventory
Phenotype
Reflex, Startle
Self Report
Social Environment
Young Adult

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PMID: 22008475
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002194

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