Role of thought-related beliefs and coping strategies in the escalation of intrusive thoughts: An analog to obsessive-compulsive disorder

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2640-2651

  Marcks, Brook A ^a   Woods, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Experimental psychopathology; Intrusive thoughts; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Thought suppression; Thought action fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTRUSIVE THOUGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RESPONSIBILITY; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRESSION;

EID: 34848897801     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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