Suppressing disgust related thoughts and performance on a subsequent behavioural avoidance task: Implications for OCD

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 152-160

  Ólafsson, Ragnar P ^a,b   Emmelkamp, Paul M G ^c   Gunnarsdóttir, Eva R ^a   Snæbjörnsson, Torri ^a   Ólason, Daníel T ^a   Kristjánsson, árni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioural test; Cognitive inhibition; Disgust; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE INHIBITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; THINKING; THOUGHT SUPPRESSION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84872562261     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.11.008     Document Type: Article

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