The relationship between contamination cognitions, anxiety, and disgust in two ethnic groups

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 632-637

  Williams, Monnica T ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^b   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Anxiety; Contamination; Disgust; Ethnic differences; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RACE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053173999     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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