Relationships between magical thinking, obsessive-compulsiveness and other forms of anxiety in a sample of non-clinical children

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 457-471

  Simonds, Laura M ^a   Demetre, James D ^b   Read, Cristina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPULSION; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 67249112970     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151008X345582     Document Type: Article

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