Intolerance of uncertainty, hypochondriacal concerns, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and worry

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 208-213

  Boelen, Paul A ^a   Carleton, R Nicholas ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypochondriacal concerns; Illness anxiety; Intolerance of uncertainty; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Worry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIACAL CONCERN; ILLNESS ATTITUDE SCALE; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY; INTOLERANCE OF UNCERTAINTY SCALE SHORT FORM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEO FIVE FACTOR INVENTORY NEUROTICISM SCALE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROSIS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE INVENTORY REVISED VERSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; WHITELEY INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84858111748     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318247cb17     Document Type: Article

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