Neuroticism and Religiosity: The Role of Obsessive Beliefs, Thought-Control Strategies and Guilt in Scrupulosity and Obsessive–Compulsive Symptoms Among Muslim Undergraduates

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 1144-1160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mujgan Inozu ◽  
Yasemin Kahya ◽  
Orcun Yorulmaz
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Obsessive Beliefs ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Thought Control ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms ◽  
Thought Control Strategies

The Role of Magical Thinking, Religiosity and Thought-Control Strategies in Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in a Turkish Adult Sample

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Ekin Eremsoy ◽  
Mujgan Inozu
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Magical Thinking ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Thought Control ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Thought Control Strategies ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Unwanted Thoughts

Background: It has been suggested that magical thinking is related to both obsessions and compulsions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Recent studies have indicated the significant relationship between level of religiosity and beliefs about the importance and need to control unwanted thoughts in OCD. People also use diverse strategies to control their unwanted thoughts. Aims: The present study aimed to examine the interrelationships between magical thinking and worry and punishment as thought-control strategies in mediating the relationship between religiosity and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms in a Turkish sample. Methods: The sample of the present study was comprised of 179 non-clinical, community-based participants who completed measures of OC symptoms (measured with the Obsessive Compulsive Inventory — Revised), magical thinking (measured with the Magical Ideation Scale), religiosity, and thought-control strategies (measured with the Thought Control Questionnaire). Results: Both worry and punishment as thought-control strategies and magical thinking mediated the links between religiosity and OC symptoms. Furthermore, the relationship between religiosity and OC symptoms was mediated by magical thinking through punishment and worry. Conclusions: Findings pointing out the mediating role of magical thinking through punishment and worry in the relationship between religiosity and OC symptoms are novel and need to be replicated in future studies.

Thought Control Strategies and Symptom Dimensions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Associations With Treatment Outcome

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-189
Author(s):  
Eric B. Lee ◽  
Steven Bistricky ◽  
Alex Milam ◽  
Chad T. Wetterneck ◽  
Thröstur Björgvinsson
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Symptom Dimensions ◽  
Thought Control ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Dimensional Measure ◽  
Thought Control Strategies ◽  
Modified Forms

Treatment effectiveness of exposure and response prevention for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) might be attenuated in part because of the complex, heterogeneous nature of OCD. Previous studies have indicated relationships between thought control strategies and OCD severity. This study replicates and extends these findings by using a dimensional measure of OCD and examining changes in thought control strategies across treatment. Participants included 49 patients with OCD attending residential and intensive outpatient treatment. Statistical analyses revealed significant reduction in worry and punishment thought control strategies from pre- to posttreatment as well as relationships between reduced use of specific thought control strategies and specific types of OCD symptomatology. Findings suggest that developing and employing modified forms of treatment more aligned with individuals’ specific OCD symptomatology could be worthwhile to improve treatment of OCD.

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

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Tolin ◽  
Patrick Worhunsky ◽  
Robert E. Brady ◽  
Nicholas Maltby
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Obsessive Beliefs ◽  
Thought Control ◽  
Thought Control Strategies ◽  
The Relationship

Thought Control Strategies Used by Parents Reporting Postpartum Obsessions

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin E. Larsen ◽  
Stefanie A. Schwartz ◽  
Stephen P. Whiteside ◽  
Maheruh Khandker ◽  
Katherine M. Moore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral ◽  
Treatment Seeking ◽  
Behavioral Models ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Thought Control ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Thought Control Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Models

Previous research has established that parents commonly experience intrusive harm-related thoughts pertaining to their infants (e.g., “My baby might die from SIDS”). Cognitive-behavioral models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) posit that maladaptive strategies for managing such thoughts play a role in the development and maintenance of obsessional problems. In the present study, we examined (1) the strategies parents used to manage unwanted infant-related thoughts and (2) the relationships between thought control strategies and obsessional and depressive symptoms. Non-treatment-seeking parents (n = 75) of healthy newborns completed measures of intrusive thoughts, thought control strategies, and obsessional and depressive symptoms. Mothers and fathers did not differ in their use of various thought control strategies. Strategies involving distraction, self-punishment, and reappraisal of the intrusive thought were positively related to the severity of obsessional symptoms. Punishment was also positively associated with depressive symptoms. Results are discussed in terms cognitive-behavioral models of OCD.

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