Perceptions of hostility by persons with and without persecutory delusions

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-52

  Combs, Dennis R ^a   Penn, David L ^b   Michael, Christopher O ^c   Basso, Michael R ^d   Wiedeman, Rachel ^d   Siebenmorgan, Marsha ^d   Tiegreen, Joshua ^d   Chapman, Dustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c PATTON STATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Hostility; Perceptions; Persecutory delusions; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMBIGUOUS INTENTIONS HOSTILITY QUESTIONNAIRE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PARANOID DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549088304     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800902732970     Document Type: Article

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