The relationship between religion and thought-action fusion: Use of an in vivo paradigm

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 670-674

  Berman, Noah C ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a   Pardue, Caleb M ^a   Wheaton, Michael G ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Atheism; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Protestantism; Religiosity; Thought action fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LOVE; MALE; MORALITY; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; THINKING; THOUGHT ACTION FUSION; WRITING; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROTESTANTISM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; PROBABILITY; PROTESTANTISM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953357079     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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