An experimental manipulation of responsibility in children: A test of the inflated responsibility model of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Imagery versus verbal interpretive cognitive bias modification for compulsive checking

“…To assess repetitive checking, we used a sweet-sorting task based on Reeves et al (2010), and Grisham et al…”

“…The experimenter explained that she had been asked by the ethics committee to be more cautious about nut allergies. A blind independent assessor viewed the task video recordings to count checking behaviours based on indices employed by Reeves et al (2010) and Grisham et al (2014).…”

Psychometric properties of a Dutch version of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire—Child Version (OBQ-CV)

“…Although research has provided some evidence for cognitive theories in adults (for an overview see Frost & Steketee, 2002), little is known about the role of dysfunctional beliefs in childhood OCD. Some studies in children suggest a relation between obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms and several dysfunctional beliefs, like thought action fusion, overestimation of threat, inflated responsibility, perfectionism, intolerance of uncertainty, and meta-cognitive beliefs about the danger and importance of thoughts Bolton, Dearsley, Madronal-Luque, & Baron-Cohen, 2002;Evans, Milanak, Medeiros, & Ross, 2002;Farrell & Barrett, 2006;Libby, Reynolds, Derisley, & Clark, 2004;Magnúsdóttir & Smári, 2004;Matthews, Reynolds, & Derisley, 2007;Muris, Meesters, Rassin, Merckelbach, & Campbell, 2001;Reeves, Reynolds, Coker, & Wilson, 2010;Ye, Rice, & Storch, 2008). However, not all studies support these findings (Barrett & Healy-Farrell, 2003;Verhaak & De Haan, 2007).…”

An observational study of parent–child behaviours in paediatric OCD: Examining the origins of inflated responsibility

“…By contrast, research investigating inflated responsibility in children with OCD is limited (Reeves et al, 2010). Manipulated levels of responsibility have been shown to increase uncertainty and checking behaviours in both nonclinical (Reeves et al, 2010) and OCD samples (Libby et al, 2004); however, results may not be specific to OCD but also extend to child anxiety disorders (Barrett & Healy, 2003).…”

“…Several studies show support for inflated responsibility in children and youth. For example, Reeves, Reynolds, Coker & Wilson (2010), manipulated responsibility in a sample of 81 school children (aged 9-12) by asking the children to sort sweets into containers for those sweets containing nuts, those that may contain nuts and those which did not contain nuts. The sweets would then be given to a group of children, one of which had an allergy to nuts.…”