Evaluation of an in vivo measure of thought-action fusion

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-164

  Berman, Noah C ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^a   Wheaton, Michael G ^a   Pardue, Caleb ^a   Fabricant, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive bias; In vivo; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Thought action fusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PROBABILITY; SELF REPORT; THINKING; THOUGHT ACTION FUSION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDITY;

EID: 79955102809     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.25.2.155     Document Type: Article

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