Why did the white bear return? Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and attributions for unsuccessful thought suppression

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2884-2898

  Magee, Joshua C ^a   Teachman, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Obsessions; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Thought suppression; Unwanted thoughts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MONITORING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; STUDENT; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; REPRESSION; THINKING;

EID: 35548942228     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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