Belief bias and symptoms of psychopathology in a non-clinical sample

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-386

  Smeets, Guus ^a   De Jong, Peter J ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Belief bias; Psychopathology; Syllogistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 24044501661     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-005-1676-5     Document Type: Article

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