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Obsessive Thinking

Obsessive Thinking is a cognitive construct characterized by the persistent and intrusive recurrence of thoughts, distinguished from related thought processes by its involuntary nature, resistance to cognitive control, and association with heightened anxiety or distress in non-clinical and clinical assessments of thinking patterns.

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1.1K

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Publications

447

Obsessional-compulsive problems: A cognitive-behavioural analysis

Paul M. Šalkovskis · Behaviour Research and Therapy · 1985 · 1.8K citations

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Chronic Thought Suppression

Sophia Zanakos · Journal of Personality · 1994 · 1.2K citations

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A cognitive theory of obsessions

S. Rachman · Behaviour Research and Therapy · 1997 · 1.2K citations

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Abnormal and normal obsessions

S. Rachman, P. de Silva · Behaviour Research and Therapy · 1978 · 1.2K citations

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Obsessions and compulsions: The Padua inventory

Ezio Sanavio · Behaviour Research and Therapy · 1988 · 933 citations

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Authors

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  1. JS
    Jonathan S. Abramowitz

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    12 publications · 627 citations

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  2. PM
    Paul M. Šalkovskis

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 3.6K citations

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  3. RL
    Robert Ladouceur

    Université Laval, Canada

    11 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. KO
    Kieron O’Connor

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    11 publications · 544 citations

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  5. MH
    Mark H. Freeston

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 1K citations

    11

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Institutions

506

  1. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. University of New Brunswick

    Fredericton, Canada

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Université Laval

    Québec, Canada

    12 h-index

    32 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. Binghamton University

    Binghamton, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

  6. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    13 publications

    1.9K citations

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  1. Behaviour Research and Therapy

    72 publications · 12.9K citations

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  2. 16

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  3. Journal of Anxiety Disorders

    15 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. 15

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  5. Cognitive Therapy and Research

    13 publications · 601 citations

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