Thought Suppression Induces Intrusions

作者：Edith Lavy, Marcel A. van den Hout · 发表于：Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy · 年份：1990 · DOI：10.1017/s0141347300010351 · 被引用次数：162 · 研究领域：Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders、Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes、Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

An experiment was conducted to investigate whether deliberate attempts to avoid a thought content have paradoxical effects. Twenty-four Ss received thought suppression instructions, 16 neutral instructions. Thought suppression resulted in an increased number of occurrences of the thought to be suppressed. The contribution of the results to the theory of obsessions is discussed.