Are obsessive-compulsive tendencies related to reliance on external proxies for internal states? Evidence from biofeedback-aided relaxation studies

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 516-523

  Lazarov, Amit ^a   Dar, Reuven ^a   Oded, Yuval ^a   Liberman, Nira ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Checking; Doubt; Feeling of knowing; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Rituals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; CONTROL; MEMORY; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REFERENCE VALUES; RELAXATION THERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952820804     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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