The Meta-Cognitive Beliefs Questionnaire: Development of a measure of obsessional beliefs

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 655-669

  Clark, D A ^a   Purdon, C ^b   Wang, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intrusive thoughts; Mental control; Meta cognition; Obsessions; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META COGNITIVE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOGENESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0037963319     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(02)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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