Part 2. They scare because we care: The relationship between obsessive intrusive thoughts and appraisals and control strategies across 15 cities

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 280-291

  Moulding, Richard ^a,b   Coles, Meredith E ^c   Abramowitz, Jonathan S ^d   Alcolado, Gillian M ^e   Alonso, Pino ^f   Belloch, Amparo ^g   Bouvard, Martine ^h   Clark, David A ⁱ   Doron, Guy ^j   Fernández Álvarez, Héctor ^k   García Soriano, Gemma ^g   Ghisi, Marta ^l   Gómez, Beatriz ^k   Inozu, Mujgan ^m   Radomsky, Adam S ^e   Shams, Giti ⁿ   Sica, Claudio ^o   Simos, Gregoris ^p   Wong, Wing ^q  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^j INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

^k Aigle Foundation   (Argentina)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^m ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁿ TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^o UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^q CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Author keywords

Cognitive models; Cross cultural; Intrusions; Obsessive compulsive disorder; OCD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPRAISAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHINA; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FRANCE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE VERSION 6; INTRUSIVE THOUGHT; IRAN; ISRAEL; ITALY; MALE; OBSESSIVE BELIEFS QUESTIONNAIRE 44; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SPAIN; THINKING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922833258     PISSN: 22113649     EISSN: 22113657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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