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INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS, RESPONSIBILITY ATTITUDES, THOUGHT-ACTION FUSION, AND CHRONIC THOUGHT SUPPRESSION IN RELATION TO OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2001

Jakob Smári  and
Hólmsteinn Eidur Hólmsteinsson
Jakob Smári
Affiliation:
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
Hólmsteinn Eidur Hólmsteinsson
Affiliation:
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Abstract

Relationships between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and several cognitive constructs that are theoretically related to such symptoms were investigated among university students. A total of 211 subjects filled in a measure of the frequency of intrusive thoughts based on Clark and de Silva (1985), Salkovskis' Responsibility Attitudes Scale (RAS) (Salkovskis et al., 2000), the Thought-Action Fusion Scale (TAF) (Shafran, Thordarson, & Rachman, 1996), Wegner and Zanakos' (1994) White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI), and the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (MOCI) (Hodgson & Rachman, 1977). The main hypothesis addressed was that in accordance with Salkovskis' model (1996) responsibility and thought suppression serve as mediators between intrusive thoughts and obsessive-compulsive symptoms as measured with the MOCI. The results were consistent with the model.

Keywords

Responsibilitychronic thought suppressionobsessive-compulsive symptoms
Type
Main Section
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 13 - 20
Copyright
© 2001 British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies

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