The predictive value of interpersonal schemas, perfectionism, and thought action-fusion in obsessive-compulsive disorder / Obsesif-kompulsif bozuklukta kişilerarası şemalar, mükemmeliyetçilik ve düşünce-eylem kaynaşmasının yordayıcı rolü

International consensus has been achieved on the existence of several dysfunctional beliefs underlying the development and/or maintenance of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Nevertheless, questions such as the dimensionality of the belief domains and the existence of OCD-specific dysfunctional beliefs still remain inconclusive. The present paper addresses these topics through two different studies. Study 1: A series of confirmatory factor analyses (N= 573 non-clinical subjects) were carried out on the Obsessive Beliefs Spanish Inventory-Revised (OBSI-R), designed to assess dysfunctional beliefs hypothetically related to OCD. An eight-factor model emerged as the best factorial solution: responsibility, over-importance of thoughts, thought-action fusion-likelihood, thought action fusion-morality, importance of thought control, overestimation of threat, intolerance of uncertainty and perfectionism. Study 2: The OBSI-R and other symptom measures were administered to 75 OCD patients, 22 depressed patients, and 25 non-OCD anxious patients. Results indicated that, although OCD patients differed from their non-clinical counterparts on all of the OBSI-R subscales, no evidence of OCD-specificity emerged for any of the belief domains measured, as the OCD subjects did not differ from the other two clinical groups of patients.

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Obsessive compulsive disorder and thought action fusion: Relationships with eating disorder outcomes

Eating Behaviors ◽

10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101386 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 101386

Author(s):

Eric B. Lee ◽

Jennifer L. Barney ◽

Michael P. Twohig ◽

Tera Lensegrav-Benson ◽

Benita Quakenbush

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorder ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Thought Action Fusion

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Clarifying the thought-action fusion bias in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders ◽

10.1016/j.jocrd.2017.10.004 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. 75-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dianne M. Hezel ◽

S. Evelyn Stewart ◽

Bradley C. Riemann ◽

Richard J. McNally

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Thought Action Fusion

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A Comparison of Checking-related Beliefs in Individuals with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Normal Controls

Behaviour Change ◽

10.1375/bech.19.2.67 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 67-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Sarah M. Overton ◽

Ross G. Menzies

Keyword(s):

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Personal Responsibility ◽

Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Gender And Age ◽

Compulsive Checking ◽

Perceived Danger ◽

Thought Action Fusion ◽

Normal Controls

AbstractThe potential roles of perceived danger, responsibility, thought-action fusion, confidence in memory, intolerance of uncertainty and need to control one's thoughts in mediating compulsive checking were examined. Belief ratings were obtained from 21 individuals with compulsive checking concerns and 21 nonclinical controls about the most prominent checking concern of each individual with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), with controls being yoked to individuals with OCD on the basis of gender and age. If control participants and individuals with OCD have some similar beliefs regarding, for example, locking their front door, then it follows that those beliefs are unlikely to be mediating or driving the disorder. Large and significant differences were found between sufferers of OCD and nonclinical controls on ratings of beliefs concerning the probability and severity of harm, intolerance of uncertainty and the need to control thoughts. However, no differences were found between individuals with OCD checking concerns and nonclinical controls in ratings of beliefs concerning perceived personal responsibility, thought-action fusion (TAF) and confidence in memory. The findings concerning personal responsibility are of particular interest and suggest that perceptions of harm or a negative outcome may be a necessary precursor to perceptions of responsibility and the decision to act.

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