Analyses of mental contamination: Part II, individual differences

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1004-1011

  Radomsky, Adam S ^a   Elliott, Corinna M ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appraisals; Contamination; Individual differences; Mental contamination; OCD; Washing behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MORALS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70350571752     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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