A multi-method examination of the role of incompleteness in compulsive checking

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-239

  Cougle, Jesse R ^a   Fitch, Kristin E ^a   Jacobson, Samantha ^a   Lee, Han Joo ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Checking; Compulsions; Incompleteness; Not just right experiences; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPULSION; COMPULSIVE CHECKING; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; EMOTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INCOMPLETENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOT JUST RIGHT EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE TRAIT CORE DIMENSIONS QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875287335     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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