The warpy thoughts scale: A new 20-item instrument to measure dysfunctional attitudes

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-116

  Parslow, Ruth ^a,b   Christensen, Helen ^b   Griffiths, Kathy M ^b   Groves, Chloe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional attitudes; On line CBT; Self completed questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODEL; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY; WARPY THOUGHTS SCALE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THINKING;

EID: 33745089234     PISSN: 16506073     EISSN: 16512316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16506070500372279     Document Type: Article

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