Self-Confidence and Paranoia: An Experimental Study Using an Immersive Virtual Reality Social Situation

Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 56-64

  Atherton, Stephanie ^a   Antley, Angus ^a   Evans, Nicole ^a   Cernis, Emma ^a   Lister, Rachel ^a   Dunn, Graham ^b   Slater, Mel ^c,d   Freeman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delusions; persecutory delusions; self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DELUSION; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; DELUSIONS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84955173598     PISSN: 13524658     EISSN: 14691833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1352465814000496     Document Type: Article

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