Distress from sexual thoughts: Do religiosity, emotions, and thought appraisal matter?

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 189-202

  Wetterneck, Chad T ^a   Smith, Angela H ^a   Burgess, Angela J ^a   Hart, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotions; Experiential avoidance; Intrusive thoughts; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Religion; Thought appraisal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; THINKING;

EID: 80051653030     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.25.3.189     Document Type: Article

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