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Further analyses of appraisals of losing control and other OCD-related cognitions: A quasi-experimental investigation

Author(s): Sandstrom A; Radomsky AS;

Background and objectives: Cognitive models of OCD posit that dysfunctional beliefs contribute to the maintenance of symptoms. In addition to well-established belief domains, beliefs about losing control has been identified as a novel cognitive domain which may influence OCD phenomena, including other dysfunctional beliefs. However, the exact nature of th ...

Article GUID: 39626976


Development and psychometric evaluation of the Violation Appraisal Measure (VAM)

Author(s): Krause S; Radomsky AS;

Mental contamination refers to feelings of dirtiness and/or urges to wash that arise without direct contact with a contaminant. Cognitive models propose that this results from "serious, negative misappraisals of perceived violations". However, the specific violation misappraisals most relevant to mental contamination have yet to be established empirically ...

Article GUID: 39206950


'Things that shouldn't be': a qualitative investigation of violation-related appraisals in individuals with OCD and/or trauma histories

Author(s): Krause S; Radomsky AS;

Background: Cognitive models of mental contamination (i.e. feelings of internal dirtiness without contact with a contaminant) propose that these feelings arise when individuals misappraise a violation. However, an operational definition of 'violation' and identification of specific violation misappraisals is limited. Aims: This study's aim wa ...

Article GUID: 38679952


What's control got to do with it? A systematic review of control beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder

Author(s): Sandstrom A; Krause S; Ouellet-Courtois C; Kelly-Turner K; Radomsky AS;

Current conceptualizations of control-related beliefs in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) have largely been limited to beliefs about the need to control thoughts. Although growing evidence supports the notion of considering broader control-related constructs in this disorder, there has been limited research aimed at integrating findings across studies, ...

Article GUID: 38091769


Beliefs about losing control and other OCD-related cognitions: An experimental investigation

Author(s): Sandstrom A; Radomsky AS;

Background and objectives: Cognitive theories of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) suggest that dysfunctional beliefs influence symptoms. However, well-established belief domains do not fully explain OCD symptomatology, suggesting other cognitive mechanisms may be involved. An additional belief domain which may play a role in OCD is beliefs about losing ...

Article GUID: 37948951


The fear of losing control

Author(s): Adam S Radomsky

Although a great deal of research has focused on various aspects of control and their relations to psychopathology, new insights and therapeutic potential could be revealed through an examination and perhaps emphasis on fears of losing control. Although elements of control-related beliefs and phenomena have been highlighted in association with obsessive-c ...

Article GUID: 36113905


"Was I asking for it?": An experimental investigation of perceived responsibility, mental contamination and workplace sexual harassment.

Author(s): Krause S, Radomsky AS

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Mental contamination (i.e., contamination concerns that arise in the absence of direct contact with a contaminant) is a common symptom in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Cognitive theories suggest that it results from individuals' misinterpretations of perceived violations. Cognitive theories of OCD also highlight the i ...

Article GUID: 33321247


The Covert and Overt Reassurance Seeking Inventory (CORSI): Development, validation and psychometric analyses.

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 ...

Article GUID: 33046164


Hoping for more: How cognitive science has and hasn't been helpful to the OCD clinician.

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

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

Article GUID: 29673581


Beliefs about losing control, obsessions, and caution: An experimental investigation.

Author(s): Gagné JP, Radomsky AS

Behav Res Ther. 2020 Jan 30;126:103574 Authors: Gagné JP, Radomsky AS

Article GUID: 32045733


What do you really need? Self- and partner-reported intervention preferences within cognitive behavioural therapy for reassurance seeking behaviour.

Author(s): Neal RL, Radomsky AS

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

Article GUID: 31495351


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