Content and correlates of checking related to symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-301

  Coleman, Shannon L ^a   Pieterefesa, Ashley S ^a   Holaway, Robert M ^b,c   Coles, Meredith E ^a   Heimberg, Richard G ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Checking; Compulsion; GAD; Generalized anxiety disorder; Obsessive compulsive disorder; OCD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79151472356     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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