Mental contamination: The perpetrator effect

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 587-593

  Rachman, S ^a   Radomsky, Adam S ^b   Elliott, Corinna M ^b   Zysk, Eva ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betrayal; Compulsive washing; Mental contamination; Morality; OCD; Perpetrator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFENDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIOLENCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MORALS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052139489     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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