Characteristics of illness intrusions in a non-clinical sample

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 683-696

  Langlois, Frédéric ^a   Ladouceur, Robert ^b   Patrick, Gosselin ^b   Freeston, Mark H ^c  

^a Hotel Dieu de Levis Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping behavior; Obsession; Thought disturbances; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EGO; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; THINKING;

EID: 1842637381     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00191-8     Document Type: Article

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