The Role of Magical Thinking, Sensitivity, and Thought Content in Thought-Action Fusion

IF 1 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI:10.1521/jscp.2022.41.2.128

Robert E. Fite, Joshua C. Magee

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Abstract

Introduction: Cognitive models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) posit that maladaptive beliefs about intrusive thinking contribute to the disorder's development and maintenance. However, the findings concerning one notable belief, thought-action fusion (TAF), have been inconsistent. Current conceptualizations of TAF may conflate constructs such as magical thinking, sensitivity, and thought content that are already the subject of informative, interdisciplinary literatures. Methods: To tease apart these constructs, adult participants (N = 249) reported their trait levels of sensitivity and magical thinking, and were randomly assigned to engage with an intrusive thought in one of three content areas. We hypothesized that morality-related content would lead to heightened maladaptive outcomes, but only in combination with higher trait levels of sensitivity and magical thinking. Results: Results indicated that morality-related content, along with sensitivity to morality, played more of a prominent role in maladaptive outcomes, with magical thinking being implicated in general outcomes like worry. Discussion: These findings suggest that the link between TAF and maladaptive outcomes may depend on which TAF elements are present for an individual. Sensitivity, in tandem with other TAF elements (e.g., morality-related content, magical thinking) is predictive of divergent outcomes (e.g., worrying, urges to neutralize) and thus may be an important target of future interventions aimed at reducing TAF, worrying, and/or OC symptoms.

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魔法思维、敏感性和思想内容在思想-行动融合中的作用

引言：强迫症的认知模型认为，对侵入性思维的不适应信念有助于强迫症的发展和维持。然而，关于一个值得注意的信念——思维-行动融合（TAF）的研究结果并不一致。目前对TAF的概念化可能会将神奇思维、敏感性和思维内容等结构混为一谈，这些结构已经成为信息丰富的跨学科文献的主题。方法：为了梳理这些结构，成年参与者（N=249）报告了他们的敏感性和神奇思维的特征水平，并被随机分配在三个内容领域中的一个领域进行侵入性思维。我们假设，与道德相关的内容会导致更高的适应不良结果，但只能与更高的敏感度和神奇思维相结合。结果：结果表明，与道德相关的内容，以及对道德的敏感性，在适应不良的结果中发挥了更突出的作用，神奇思维与担忧等一般结果有关。讨论：这些发现表明，TAF和适应不良结果之间的联系可能取决于个体存在哪些TAF元素。敏感性与其他TAF因素（如道德相关内容、神奇思维）一起预测不同的结果（如担忧、消除冲动），因此可能是未来旨在减少TAF、担忧和/或OC症状的干预措施的重要目标。

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Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Multiple-

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期刊介绍： This journal is devoted to the application of theory and research from social psychology toward the better understanding of human adaptation and adjustment, including both the alleviation of psychological problems and distress (e.g., psychopathology) and the enhancement of psychological well-being among the psychologically healthy. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) traditionally defined psychopathology (e.g., depression), common emotional and behavioral problems in living (e.g., conflicts in close relationships), the enhancement of subjective well-being, and the processes of psychological change in everyday life (e.g., self-regulation) and professional settings (e.g., psychotherapy and counseling). Articles reporting the results of theory-driven empirical research are given priority, but theoretical articles, review articles, clinical case studies, and essays on professional issues are also welcome. Articles describing the development of new scales (personality or otherwise) or the revision of existing scales are not appropriate for this journal.