Vulnerability to mental contamination

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2804-2812

  Herba, Joanna K ^a   Rachman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contamination; Mental contamination; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX OFFENSES; TOUCH;

EID: 34848920072     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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