Thought control strategies in adolescents: Links with OCD symptoms and meta-cognitive beliefs

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 438-451

  Wilson, Charlotte ^a   Hall, Martin ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; meta cognition; Obsessive compulsive disorder; thought control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SUPERSTITION; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CULTURE; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SUPERSTITIONS; THINKING;

EID: 84862175249     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135246581200001X     Document Type: Article

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