In search of specificity: "Not just right experiences" and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in non-clinical and clinical Italian individuals

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 879-886

  Ghisi, Marta ^a   Chiri, Luigi Rocco ^b   Marchetti, Igor ^b   Sanavio, Ezio ^a   Sica, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive theory of obsessions; Not just right experiences; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Psychological processes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOT JUST RIGHT EXPERIENCE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957862164     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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