The influence of positive affect on jumping to conclusions in delusional thinking

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 717-722

  Lee, Gary ^a   Barrowclough, Christine ^a   Lobban, Fiona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delusions; Jumping to conclusions; Positive affect; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551608037     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.024     Document Type: Article

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