The nature and assessment of mental contamination: A psychometric analysis

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-187

  Radomsky, Adam S ^a   Rachman, S ^b   Shafran, Roz ^c   Coughtrey, Anna E ^c   Barber, Kevin C ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Beliefs; Mental contamination; OCD; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION SENSITIVITY SCALE; CONTAMINATION THOUGHT ACTION FUSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DIVERGENT VALIDITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONTAMINATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VALIDITY; VANCOUVER OBSESSIONAL COMPULSIVE INVENTORY MENTAL CONTAMINATION SCALE;

EID: 84893462629     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: 22113657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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