The spread of mental contamination

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-38

  Coughtrey, Anna E ^a   Shafran, Roz ^a   Rachman, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contagion; Disorder; Mental contamination; Obsessive Compulsive; Sympathetic magic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGIC; MALE; MENTAL CONTAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; THINKING; TOUCH;

CONTAGION; MENTAL CONTAMINATION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SYMPATHETIC MAGIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882333678     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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