Moral thought-action fusion and OCD symptoms: The moderating role of religious affiliation

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-312

  Siev, Jedidiah ^a,b   Chambless, Dianne L ^b   Huppert, Jonathan D ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitions; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Religion; Religiosity; Scrupulosity; Thought action fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; CATHOLICISM; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; MORAL DEVELOPMENT; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950371170     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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