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After rating their distress from writing the simulated intrusion, they were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: neutralization used in the clinical literature, a values-based self-affirmation task, a combination of neutralization followed by self-affirmation, or a control condition. Results: The results revealed that the group that combined a neutralizing exercise followed by a self-affirmation exercise displayed a significantly greater decrease in dissonance-like distress and negative appraisals of the simulated intrusion than the other three groups. The groups that received self-affirmation alone or neutralization alone did not appear to reduce distress on their own. The combined group and other groups did not show rebound distress. Discussion: These novel analogue study findings help to bring cognitive clinical models of OCD and cognitive dissonance theory closer together. 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Experimental use of self-affirmation to manage self-concept threat in a simulated intrusive thought paradigm
Introduction: Based on the commonality in cognitive clinical theories of OCD and cognitive dissonance theory regarding threat to self (Wright & Riskind, 2021), this preliminary study investigated whether (1) OCD-related distress catalyzed by ego-dystonic intrusive unwanted thoughts is akin to cognitive dissonance, and (2) distress and negative appraisals of the simulated intrusive thoughts can be alleviated by a values-based self-affirmation exercise developed in the dissonance literature. Methods: Nonclinical college students (N = 93) were presented with a simulated intrusive thought induction. After rating their distress from writing the simulated intrusion, they were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: neutralization used in the clinical literature, a values-based self-affirmation task, a combination of neutralization followed by self-affirmation, or a control condition. Results: The results revealed that the group that combined a neutralizing exercise followed by a self-affirmation exercise displayed a significantly greater decrease in dissonance-like distress and negative appraisals of the simulated intrusion than the other three groups. The groups that received self-affirmation alone or neutralization alone did not appear to reduce distress on their own. The combined group and other groups did not show rebound distress. Discussion: These novel analogue study findings help to bring cognitive clinical models of OCD and cognitive dissonance theory closer together. Moreover, they introduce the possibility that self-affirmation procedures could provide useful secondary ways to augment current OCD treatment protocols.
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
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