Developing an implicit measure of disgust propensity and disgust sensitivity: Examining the role of implicit disgust propensity and sensitivity in obsessive-compulsive tendencies

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 922-930

  Nicholson, Emma ^a   Barnes Holmes, Dermot ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Disgust propensity; Disgust sensitivity; IRAP; Obsessive compulsive tendencies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISGUST; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84857607656     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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