Constructive thinking, rational intelligence and irritable bowel syndrome

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 3106-3113

  Rey, Enrique ^a   Ortega, Marta Moreno ^a   Alonso, Monica Olga Garcia ^a   Diaz Rubio, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Constructive thinking; Intelligence; Intelligence tests; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING; CONSTRUCTIVE THINKING INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL THINKING; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENTIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYPOMANIA; HYSTERIA; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTROVERSION; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEO PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NEUROSIS; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PARANOIA; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHASTHENIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; RATIONAL INTELLIGENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL READJUSTMENT RATING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 67651240421     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3106     Document Type: Article

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