An investigation of the relationship between responsibility and attention deficits characteristic of obsessive-compulsive phenomena

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 399-414

  Pleva, Jessica ^a   Wade, Tracey D ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Obsessive compulsive disorder; Responsibility; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAUDSLEY OBSESSIONAL COMPULSIVE INVENTORY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RESPONSIBILITY; RESPONSIBILITY ATTITUDE SCALE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TEST OF EVERYDAY ATTENTION;

EID: 0036811547     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465802004022     Document Type: Article

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