Anxiety disorders and control related beliefs: the exemplar of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 573-583

  Moulding, Richard ^a   Kyrios, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Internal external locus of control; Magical thinking; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; Psychological needs

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MAGIC; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERCEPTION; RELAXATION TRAINING; RITUAL; SUPERSTITION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THEORY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MAGIC; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SUPERSTITIONS; THINKING;

EID: 33747273054     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2006.01.009     Document Type: Article

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