From intrusive thoughts to obsessions: The role of perceptions of responsibility, salience, and thought suppression

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 610-624

  Fritzler, Bryan ^a   Hecker, Jeffrey E ^a   Fawzy, Tamer I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Obsessions; OCD; Responsibility; Salience; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSESSION; RESPONSIBILITY; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SNAKES; STUDENTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 53549087234     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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