Over-adjustment or miscomprehension? A re-examination of the jumping to conclusions bias

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 532-540

  Balzan, Ryan P ^a   Delfabbro, Paul H ^a   Galletly, Cherrie A ^a   Woodward, Todd S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delusions; jumping to conclusions; miscomprehension; over adjustment; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUMPING TO CONCLUSION BIAS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84867672373     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867411435291     Document Type: Article

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