How are dysfunctional beliefs related to obsessive-compulsive symptoms?

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-176

  Taylor, Steven ^a   Coles, Meredith E ^b   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^c   Wu, Kevin D ^d   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^e   Timpano, Kiara R ^f   McKay, Dean ^g   Kim, Se Kang ^g   Carmin, Cheryl ^h   Tolin, David F ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFLATED PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE OVERESTIMATION OF THREAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OVERIMPORTANCE OF ONES THOUGHTS AND THE NEED TO CONTROL THESE THOUGHTS; PERFECTIONISM AND THE INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 77953881765     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.24.3.165     Document Type: Article

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