Are there specific meta-cognitions associated with vulnerability to symptoms of worry and obsessional thoughts?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 689-699

  de Bruin, Gwendolijn Olivia ^a   Muris, Peter ^a   Rassin, Eric ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive self consciousness; Intrusive thoughts; Meta worry; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845498285     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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