The phenomenology of hairpulling in college students

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-292

  Duke, Danny C ^a,c   Keeley, Mary L ^b,c   Ricketts, Emily J ^d   Geffken, Gary R ^b,c   Storch, Eric A ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

College Student; Hair; Hairpulling; Phenomenology; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARM; ARTICLE; BATH; BOREDOM; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; EYEBROW; EYELASH; FACE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GENDER; HABIT; HAIR ROOT; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; READING; RISK FACTOR; SCALP; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONTROL; TELEVISION VIEWING; THORAX; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; WORK;

EID: 77954533920     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-009-9150-4     Document Type: Article

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