Validation of a french adaptation of the thought control ability questionnaire

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Gay, Philippe ^a   D'Acremont, Mathieu ^a   Schmidt, Ralph E ^a   Van Der Linden, Martial ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Convergent validity; Intrusive thoughts; Questionnaire validation; Thought control ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149091737     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.24.2.101     Document Type: Article

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