The mediating roles of disgust sensitivity and danger expectancy in relation to hand washing behaviour

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-190

  Thorpe, Susan J ^a   Barnett, Julie ^b   Friend, Katy ^a   Nottingham, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compulsive washing; contamination fear; danger expectancy; Disgust; obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951811619     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465810000676     Document Type: Article

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