Thought control strategies in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a replication and extension

Abramowitz, J.S.; Whiteside, Stephen P.; Kalsy, Sarah A.; Tolin, David F.

doi:10.1016/s0005-7967(02)00026-8

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“…Such results were replicated in subsequent studies (Abramowitz et al, 2003;Rassin & Diepstraten, 2003). Coles and Heimberg (2005) reported significantly greater use of worry and punishment strategies and less use of distraction and social control in patients with GAD compared to nonanxious controls.…”

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“…That is, the higher error variance due to the heterogeneous content of SPR scale may have overshadowed its predictive value. On the other hand, the MCQ low cognitive confidence scale and some thought control strategies (i.e., reappraisal, worry and punishment) may reveal their utility especially when applied to clinical samples (e.g., Abramowitz et al, 2003;Bryant, Moulds, & Guthrie, 2001;Holeva, Tarrier, & Wells, 2001;Reynolds & Wells, 1999;Tuna et al, 2005).…”

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“…On the other hand, metacognitive control strategies are the responses individuals make in controlling the activities of their cognitive system. In anxiety disorders, individuals usually attempt to attain some control over their cognitive activity by suppressing particular thoughts or by thinking in special ways (e.g., Abramowitz, Whiteside, Kalsy, & Tolin, 2003).…”

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Metacognitive beliefs and strategies predict worry, obsessive–compulsive symptoms and coping styles: A preliminary prospective study on an Italian non‐clinical sample

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Eighty undergraduate students completed the Italian versions of the Metacognition Questionnaire and Thought Control Questionnaire along with well-established measures of worry, obsessive-compulsive symptoms and coping styles on two occasions four months apart. A series of hierarchical regression analyses revealed that, after controlling the initial level of both worry and obsessionality, negative beliefs about worry focused on uncontrollability and danger appeared consistently associated with worry and obsessive symptoms at a four-month distance. In addition, positive beliefs about worry predicted maladaptive coping styles whereas cognitive selfconsciousness and thought strategies aimed at distraction appeared to foster or facilitate adaptive coping styles. Results, implications and limitations are discussed according to Well's metacognitive model of emotional disorders.

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Metacognitive beliefs and strategies predict worry, obsessive–compulsive symptoms and coping styles: A preliminary prospective study on an Italian non‐clinical sample

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“…One way to approach this issue is to maintain the assumption that worry itself is a maladaptive thought control or selfregulation strategy. Research with the Thought Control Questionnaire (Wells & Davies, 1994) shows that worry and punishment, when measured as individual differences in thought control strategies, are positively associated with psychological disorder (Abramowitz, Whiteside, Kalsy & Tolin, 2003;Amir, Cashman & Foa, 1997;Reynolds & Wells, 1999;Warda & Bryant, 1998).…”

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The Metacognitive Model of Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder

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2006

Worry and Its Psychological Disorders

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“…Specifically, research using the Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ; Wells & Davies, 1994) has demonstrated that compared to nonanxious and anxious controls (ACs), OCD patients report a greater use of worry (replacing unwanted thoughts with other negative thoughts) and punishment (angry self-statements or other aversive techniques) to control their intrusions (Abramowitz, Whiteside, Kalsy, & Tolin, 2003;Amir, Cashman, & Foa, 1997). Excessive use of maladaptive thought control strategies, such as thought suppression, has been linked to a paradoxical increase in the unwanted thought.…”

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The Relationship between Obsessive Beliefs and Thought-Control Strategies in a Clinical Sample

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Previous research has linked obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) to maladaptive strategies of thought control, which in turn may elicit a paradoxical increase in the unwanted thought. One explanation for OCD patients' use of maladaptive thought control strategies is that they tend to overestimate the importance of their thoughts, or perceive a greater need to control them. The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between obsessive beliefs and use of maladaptive thought control strategies in a sample of 77 OCD patients and 35 anxious control patients. Patients completed the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire-44 (OBQ-44) and the Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ), as well as measures of trait anxiety and depression. Across the entire sample and for OCD patients only, when controlling for depression and trait anxiety, the TCQ Punishment scale correlated significantly with the OBQ-44 Importance/Control of Thoughts scale. Regression analyses indicated that beliefs about the Importance/Control of Thoughts accounted for the relationship between OCD and the use of Punishment as a thought control strategy. In addition to providing additional construct validation for the OBQ-44, the present data add to a growing body of research suggesting that OCD patients, believing their intrusive thoughts to be particularly important and perceiving a need to control them, overuse maladaptive thought control strategies; these strategies tend to ''backfire'' and trigger additional intrusive thoughts.

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Thought control strategies in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a replication and extension

Cited by 118 publications

References 18 publications

Metacognitive beliefs and strategies predict worry, obsessive–compulsive symptoms and coping styles: A preliminary prospective study on an Italian non‐clinical sample

Metacognitive beliefs and strategies predict worry, obsessive–compulsive symptoms and coping styles: A preliminary prospective study on an Italian non‐clinical sample

The Metacognitive Model of Worry and Generalised Anxiety Disorder

The Relationship between Obsessive Beliefs and Thought-Control Strategies in a Clinical Sample

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