Author(s): Wilson S; Mesli N; Mehak A; Racine SE;

Objectives: Uncertainty regarding the self and fear of self have been independently identified as relevant to both obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and eating disorders (EDs). The present study aimed to examine self-ambivalence (an indicator of uncertainty regarding the self often characterized by conflicting self-beliefs) as a potential transdiagnosti ...

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Author(s): Radomsky AS; Ouellet-Courtois C; Golden E; Senn JM; Parrish CL;

Background and objectives: Research indicates the presence of both explicit and implicit memory biases for threat. However, empirical support for the presence of memory biases related to symmetry, ordering and arranging is lacking, despite the fact that many individuals report anxiety associated with their personal belongings being out of place. The aim o ...

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Author(s): Audet JS; Jacmin-Park S; Kheloui S; Gravel C; Juster RP; Aardema F;

Specific concerns have been raised for those suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those suffering from contamination fear. Investigation in non-clinical and OCD samples have reported an increase in contamination symptoms in association with the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, stres ...

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Author(s): Krause S; Radomsky AS;

Purpose: Cognitive models of mental contamination (feelings of dirtiness/washing behaviour that arise without direct contact with a contaminant) highlight the central role of perceptions of violation in the onset and maintenance of these feelings. Little research has been done to clarify violation-specific appraisals relevant to mental contamination. Perc ...

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Author(s): Ouellet-Courtois C; Radomsky AS;

While extant research underlines the role of disgust in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) with contamination fear, less research attention has been devoted to moral disgust. This study endeavored to examine the types of appraisals that are elicited by moral disgust in comparison to core disgust, and to examine their associations with both contact and me ...

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Author(s): Aardema F, Radomsky AS, Moulding R, Wong SF, Bourguignon L, Giraldo-O'Meara M

In recent years, cognitive-behavioural models of OCD have increasingly recognized the potential role of feared possible selves in the development and maintenance of OCD, while simultaneously re-examining factors that have historically been linked to self-perceptions in OCD. The current article describes the development and validation of a multidimensional ...

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Author(s): Radomsky AS, Neal RL, Parrish CL, Lavoie SL, Schell SE

BACKGROUND: Reassurance seeking (RS) is motivated by perceived general and social/relational threats across disorders, yet is often under-recognized because it occurs in covert (i.e. subtle) and overt forms. Covert safety-seeking behaviour may maintain disorders by preventing corrective learning and is therefore important to identify effectively. AIMS: Th ...

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Author(s): Ouimet AJ, Ashbaugh AR, Radomsky AS

Clin Psychol Rev. 2019 04;69:14-29 Authors: Ouimet AJ, Ashbaugh AR, Radomsky AS

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Author(s): Wong SF, Hu DAP, Grisham JR

J Anxiety Disord. 2020 Apr 28;72:102227 Authors: Wong SF, Hu DAP, Grisham JR

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Author(s): Radomsky AS, Giraldo-O'Meara M, Wong SF, Dugas MJ, Gelfand LA, Rachman S, Schell S, Senn JM, Shafran R, Whittal ML

Psychiatry Res. 2020 Feb 05;286:112850 Authors: Radomsky AS, Giraldo-O'Meara M, Wong SF, Dugas MJ, Gelfand LA, Rachman S, Schell S, Senn JM, Shafran R, Whittal ML

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Author(s): Neal RL, Radomsky AS

Behav Cogn Psychother. 2019 Sep 09;:1-13 Authors: Neal RL, Radomsky AS

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