Looming vulnerability: Incremental validity of a fearful cognitive distortion in contamination fears

Cognitive Therapy and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-47

  Elwood, Lisa S ^a   Riskind, John H ^b   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Contamination fear; Looming vulnerability; OCD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTAMINATION FEAR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOOMING VULNERABILITY; MALE; MOOD; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; THREAT; VALIDITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79952533824     PISSN: 01475916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10608-009-9277-3     Document Type: Article

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