Journal article
Why are some obsessions more upsetting than others?
Abstract
Little is known about why certain obsessional thoughts are more upsetting than others for people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Obsessional thought content often seems arbitrary to sufferers. The current study examined three possible reasons why particular thoughts would be especially upsetting for individuals, based on suggestions put forth by cognitive theories of obsessional thoughts. Twenty-eight individuals with a principal …
Authors
Rowa K; Purdon C; Summerfeldt LJ; Antony MM
Journal
Behaviour Research and Therapy, Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 1453–1465
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2005
DOI
10.1016/j.brat.2004.11.003
ISSN
0005-7967