Preliminary psychometric evidence for distinct affective and cognitive mechanisms mediating contamination aversion

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 375-388

  Adams, Thomas G ^a   Cisler, Josh M ^a,b   Brady, Robert E ^a,c   Lohr, Jeffrey M ^a   Olatunji, Bunmi O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Mental Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversion; Beliefs; Contamination; Disgust; Emotion regulation; OCD

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; COGNITION; CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION AVERSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DISGUST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY;

EID: 84881313033     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-013-9343-8     Document Type: Article

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