Repeated checking induces uncertainty about future threat

Journal of Experimental Psychopathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 126-137

  Giele, Catharina L ^a   Engelhard, Iris M ^a   van den Hout, Marcel A ^a   Dek, Eliane C P ^a   Damstra, Marianne F ^a   Douma, Ellen ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

checking; memory; OCD; threat; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929343011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20438087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5127/jep.040113     Document Type: Article

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