The relationship between obsessive beliefs and thought-control strategies in a clinical sample

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-318

  Tolin, David F ^a,b   Worhunsky, Patrick ^a   Brady, Robert E ^a   Maltby, Nicholas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Beliefs; Cognition; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Thought control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THINKING;

EID: 34249821949     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-006-9072-3     Document Type: Article

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