Role of magical thinking in obsessive-compulsive symptoms in an undergraduate sample

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-179

  Einstein, Danielle A ^a,b   Menzies, Ross G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Anxiety Management Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

Obsessive compulsive disorder; Thought action fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUCKY BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; LUCKY BELIEF QUESTIONNAIRE; MAGICAL IDEATION SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAUDSLEY OBSESSIONAL COMPULSIVE INVENTORY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PADUA INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STUDENT; THINKING; THOUGHT ACTION FUSION SCALE;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGIC; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS; SUPERSTITIONS; THINKING;

EID: 2542464910     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20005     Document Type: Article

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