Avoidance and behavioural flexibility in obsessive compulsive disorder

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-153

  Hassoulas, Athanasios ^a   McHugh, Louise ^a   Reed, Phil ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avoidance; OCD; Operant variability; Schedules of reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAUDSLEY OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE INVENTORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPERANT BEHAVIORAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDMAN AVOIDANCE TEST; STEREOTYPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896714056     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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