Attributional style in delusional patients: A comparison of remitted paranoid, remitted nonparanoid, and current paranoid patients with nonpsychiatric controls

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 994-1002

  Aakre, Jennifer M ^a   Seghers, James P ^a   St Hilaire, Annie ^a   Docherty, Nancy ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributional style; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Self serving bias; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DELUSIONS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249114159     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbn033     Document Type: Article

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