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Qualitative dimensions of normal worry and normal obsessions: A comparative study
Abstract
Despite the crucial role typically given to negative thoughts in cognitive conceptualizations of emotional problems, few studies have compared the characteristics of varieties of such thoughts. The present study compared the process features of naturally occurring worries and obsessions in a non-patient group. Analyses of variance revealed several significant differences between these types of thought. The relationship between worries and obsessions, and the clinical and conceptual importance of the observed differences is briefly discussed.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wells, A., & Morrison, A. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Manchester (GB)
- ORCID
- Morrison, Anthony P.
- Venue
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1994-11
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 867-870
- ISSN
- 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2125781395
- Cited by
- 180
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 6.99
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- worry, obsession, negative thinking
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety, Female, Humans, Male, Obsessive Behavior, Personality Assessment, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Reference Values
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