Research Letter: From stress to paranoia: An experimental investigation of the moderating and mediating role of reasoning biases

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-171

  Lincoln, Tania M ^a   Peter, Nina ^a   Schäfer, Manuela ^a   Moritz, Steffen ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL STRESS; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

AFFECT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; PARANOID DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 76649096676     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170999095X     Document Type: Letter

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