The cognitive mediation of thought-control strategies

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1949-1955

  Moore, Elizabeth L ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrusive thoughts; Obsessive beliefs; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Punishment; Scrupulosity; Thought control strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PUNISHMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 34447345978     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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