The induction of mental and contact contamination

Clinical Psychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-16

  Lee, Michelle ^a   Shafran, Roz ^a   Burgess, Charlotte ^a   Carpenter, Jodi ^a   Millard, Emma ^a   Thorpe, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

contact contamination; disgust sensitivity; mental contamination; OCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875160968     PISSN: 13284207     EISSN: 17429552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cp.12003     Document Type: Article

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