Moral rigidity in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Do abnormalities in inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility and disgust play a role?

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 152-159

  Whitton, Alexis E ^a   Henry, Julie D ^b   Grisham, Jessica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Disgust; Moral; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISGUST; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INHIBITORY CONTROL; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORALITY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL PHOBIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITIVE PROCESSES; DISGUST; MORAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REASONING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886685512     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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