The relevance of associative learning pathways in the development of obsessive-compulsive washing

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-283

  Jones, Mairwen K ^a   Menzies, Ross G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031860452     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(98)00021-7     Document Type: Article

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