Etiology of obsessive beliefs: A behavioral-genetic analysis

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 177-186

  Taylor, Steven ^a   Afifi, Tracie O ^b   Stein, Murray B ^c   Asmundson, Gordon J G ^b   Jang, Kerry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral genetics; Compulsions; Dysfunctional beliefs; Obsessions; Obsessive beliefs questionnaire; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLATED PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE OVERESTIMATION OF THREAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OVERIMPORTANCE OF ONES THOUGHTS AND THE NEED TO CONTROL THESE THOUGHTS; PERFECTIONISM AND THE INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 77953892361     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.24.3.177     Document Type: Article

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