The Jumping to Conclusions Bias in Delusions: Specificity and Changeability

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-49

  Lincoln, Tania M ^a   Ziegler, Michael ^a   Mehl, Stephanie ^a   Rief, Winfried ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

delusions; intellectual functioning; jumping to conclusions; reasoning biases; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REMISSION; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77249148409     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018118     Document Type: Article

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