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Spaces of dizziness and dread: navigating acrophobia

Abstract

As part of emerging disciplinary interests in well‐being and emotions, geographers have recently begun to pay attention to common but often neglected psychological conditions that have the potential to impact considerably upon individuals and their daily lives. Specifically extending the scope of geographical inquiry on phobias, this paper considers acrophobia (known as being scared of heights). Through interviews with ten sufferers, the …

Authors

Andrews GJ

Journal

Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, Vol. 89, No. 4, pp. 307–317

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication Date

12 2007

DOI

10.1111/j.1468-0467.2007.00263.x

ISSN

0435-3684

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