Non-clinical obsessions in a young adolescent population: Frequency and association with metacognitive variables

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Crye, Jenny ^a   Laskey, Ben ^a   Cartwright Hatton, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77949401207     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/147608309X468176     Document Type: Article

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