Specificity of jumping to conclusions and attributional biases: A comparison between patients with schizophrenia, depression, and anorexia nervosa

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 262-286

  Wittorf, Andreas ^a   Giel, Katrin E ^a   Hautzinger, Martin ^b   Rapp, Alexander ^a   Schnenberg, Michael ^b   Wolkenstein, Larissa ^b   Zipfel, Stephan ^a   Mehl, Stephanie ^c   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a   Klingberg, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attributional biases; Cognitive biases; Delusions; Jumping to conclusions; Schizophrenia; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ATTENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861651736     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2011.633749     Document Type: Review

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