'Jumping to conclusions' and attributional style in persecutory delusions

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 741-758

  Merrin, Jayne ^a,b   Kinderman, Peter ^a,b   Bentall, Richard P ^c  

^a Rathbone Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal attributions; Jumping to conclusions; Paranoia; Persecutory delusions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 36148943605     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-006-9097-7     Document Type: Article

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