Compulsive checking and selective processing of threatening information

Psychological Reports

Volumn 88, Issue 3 PART 2, 2001, Pages 1171-1181

  Novara, Caterina ^a   Sanavio, Ezio ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035376757     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3c.1171     Document Type: Article

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