The role of feared possible selves in obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: A comparative analysis of a core cognitive self-construct in clinical samples
| Autor: | Gabriele Melli, Guy Doron, Magali Purcell-Lalonde, Richard Moulding, Jean-Sebastien Audet, Adam S. Radomsky, Frederick Aardema |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder 050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Psychometrics Psychology of self behavioral disciplines and activities 03 medical and health sciences Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry Ego Self 05 social sciences Fear medicine.disease Self Concept 030227 psychiatry Clinical Psychology Eating disorders Convergent validity Body dysmorphic disorder Anxiety Female medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy. 25:e19-e29 |
| ISSN: | 1063-3995 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/cpp.2121 |
| Popis: | Increasingly, cognitive-behavioural models have been considering the role of beliefs about the self in the development and maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), including sensitive domains of self-concept and feared self-perceptions. This has led to the development of the Fear of Self Questionnaire (FSQ; Aardema et al., ), which has shown strong internal consistency, divergent and convergent validity, and found to be a major predictor of unwanted thoughts and impulses (i.e., repugnant obsessions). The current study aimed to investigate fear of self-perceptions using the FSQ in an OCD sample (n = 144) and related psychological disorders (eating disorders, n = 57; body dysmorphic disorder, n = 33) in comparison to a non-clinical (n = 141) and clinical comparison group (anxiety/depressive disorders, n = 27). Following an exploratory factor analysis of the scale in the OCD sample, the results showed that participants with OCD in general did not score significantly higher on fear of self-perceptions than did the clinical comparison participants. However, consistent with previous findings, fear of self was highly characteristic among OCD patients with unwanted repugnant thoughts and impulses. In addition, fear of self-perceptions were significantly more elevated in those with eating or body dysmorphic disorders relative to the other non-clinical and clinical groups. The construct of a "feared possible self" may be particularly relevant in disorders where negative self-perception is a dominant theme, either involving concerns about one's inner self or concerns related to perceived bodily faults. |
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