The experience of OCD-related intrusive thoughts in African and European Americans: Testing the generalizability of cognitive models of obsessive compulsive disorder

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 115-123

  Nota, Jacob A ^a   Blakey, Shannon M ^b   George Denn, Daniel A ^a   Jacoby, Ryan J ^c   Schubert, Jessica R ^a   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^c   Coles, Meredith E ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cognitive models; Intrusive thoughts; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Race

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRUSIVE THOUGHT; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; THOUGHT DISORDER;

EID: 84897053397     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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