The defensive function of persecutory delusions: An investigation using the Implicit Association Test

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-24

  McKay, Ryan ^a,b   Langdon, Robyn ^a   Coltheart, Max ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33845628835     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800500363996     Document Type: Article

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