The sense of incompleteness as a motivator of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: An empirical analysis of concepts and correlates

Behavior Therapy

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 254-262

  Taylor, Steven ^a   McKay, Dean ^b   Crowe, Katherine B ^b   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^c   Conelea, Christine A ^d   Calamari, John E ^e   Sica, Claudio ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

"just right" experiences; Compulsions; Incompleteness; Obsessions; Obsessive compulsive disorder

Indexed keywords

ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; INC C SCALE; INC S SCALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF REGULATION MODEL; SELF REPORT; SENSE OF INCOMPLETENESS MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

" JUST RIGHT" EXPERIENCES; COMPULSIONS; INCOMPLETENESS; OBSESSIONS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895126116     PISSN: 00057894     EISSN: 18781888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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