Distinguishing manifestations of anxiety: How do personality traits of compulsive checkers differ from other anxious individuals?

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-241

  Gershuny, Beth S ^a   Sher, Kenneth J ^a   Rossy, Lynn ^a   Bishop, Angela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Compulsive checkers; Five factor model; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MALE; OBSESSION; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033992115     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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