Thought suppression and persecutory delusion-like beliefs in a nonclinical sample

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 281-295

  Jones, Simon R ^a   Fernyhough, Charles ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PARANOID BEHAVIOR; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRESSION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STUDENTS; THINKING;

EID: 47249140356     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800802087830     Document Type: Article

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