Thought-action fusion as a mediator of religiosity and obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 207-212

  Williams, Alishia D ^a   Lau, Gloria ^a   Grisham, Jessica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Moderated mediation; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Religiosity; Thought action fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CHRISTIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JEW; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; THINKING; THOUGHT ACTION FUSION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SPIRITUALITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING;

EID: 84870227577     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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