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==Epidemiology== Arachnophobia affects 3.5 to 6.1 percent of the global population.<ref name=Sch2009>{{cite journal|last1=Schmitt|first1=WJ|last2=Müri|first2=RM|year=2009|title=Neurobiologie der Spinnenphobie|journal=Schweizer Archiv für Neurologie|volume=160|issue=8|pages=352–355|url=http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=22276624|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823014205/http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=22276624|archive-date=23 August 2016}}</ref> Even though most spiders are small and not venomous. They still trigger intense fear in many people, making arachnophobia one of the most widespread anxiety disorders.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Polák |first1=Jakub |last2=Sedláčková |first2=Kristýna |last3=Janovcová |first3=Markéta |last4=Peléšková |first4=Šárka |last5=Flegr |first5=Jaroslav |last6=Vobrubová |first6=Barbora |last7=Frynta |first7=Daniel |last8=Landová |first8=Eva |date=2022-01-06 |title=Measuring fear evoked by the scariest animal: Czech versions of the Spider Questionnaire and Spider Phobia Beliefs Questionnaire |journal=BMC Psychiatry |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=18 |doi=10.1186/s12888-021-03672-7 |doi-access=free |issn=1471-244X |pmc=8740501 |pmid=34991495}}</ref> It is strongly linked to sociodemographic factors like gender, age, education, and an individual's tendency toward disgust.<ref name=":1" /> The majority of studies show that females are more likely to develop this phobia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hinze |first1=Jonas |last2=Röder |first2=Anne |last3=Menzie |first3=Nicole |last4=Müller |first4=Ulf |last5=Domschke |first5=Katharina |last6=Riemenschneider |first6=Matthias |last7=Noll-Hussong |first7=Michael |date=2021 |title=Spider Phobia: Neural Networks Informing Diagnosis and (Virtual/Augmented Reality-Based) Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapy-A Narrative Review |journal=Frontiers in Psychiatry |volume=12 |pages=704174 |doi=10.3389/fpsyt.2021.704174 |doi-access=free |issn=1664-0640 |pmc=8421596 |pmid=34504447}}</ref>
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