Obsessing about intimate-relationships: Testing the double relationship-vulnerability hypothesis

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 433-440

  Doron, Guy ^a   Szepsenwol, Ohad ^a   Karp, Einat ^a   Gal, Netali ^a  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive theory; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Relationship centered obsessions; Relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOUBLE RELATIONSHIP VULNERABILITY; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT; THREAT;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE THEORY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RELATIONSHIP-CENTERED OBSESSIONS; RELATIONSHIPS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879296303     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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