Elucidating the mechanism of uncertainty and doubt in obsessive-compulsive checkers

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-163

  Dar, Reuven ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Checking; Doubt; OCD; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PANIC; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 3042541599     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2004.04.006     Document Type: Article

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