The jumping-to-conclusions bias in new religious movements

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 200, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 868-875

  Lim, Michelle H ^a,b   Gleeson, John F ^c   Jackson, Henry J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delusion prone; Jumping to conclusions bias; Probabilistic inference task; Psychosis continuum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGICAL IDEATION SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PETERS DELUSIONS INVENTORY 21; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY SCALE EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84867398107     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31826b6eb4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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