Belief domains of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44 (OBQ-44) and their specific relationship with obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 475-484

  Myers, Samuel G ^a   Fisher, Peter L ^a   Wells, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Metacognition; Obsessive compulsive symptoms; OCD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE BELIEF QUESTIONNAIRE 44; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 40649121712     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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