Disgust proneness and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a clinical sample: Structural differentiation from negative affect

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 932-938

  Olatunji, Bunmi O ^a   Ebesutani, Chad ^b   David, Bieke ^a   Fan, Qianqian ^a   McGrath, Patrick B ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Disgust; Negative affect; OCD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISGUST; DISGUST PROPENSITY AND SENSITIVITY SCALE REVISED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE INVENTORY REVISED; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 79961026584     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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