An empirical test of the metacognitive model of obsessive-compulsive symptoms: Fusion beliefs, beliefs about rituals, and stop signals

被引:52
作者
Myers, Samuel G. [1 ]
Fisher, Peter L. [2 ]
Wells, Adrian [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Manchester, Acad Div Clin Psychol, MRI, Manchester M13 9WL, Lancs, England
[2] Univ Liverpool, Dept Clin Psychol, Liverpool L69 3GB, Merseyside, England
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms; Metacognitive model; Beliefs; META-COGNITION; DISORDER; WORRY; RESPONSIBILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION; INTERVIEW; SCALE;
D O I
10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.08.007
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
The metacognitive model of obsessive-compulsive symptoms [Wells, A. (1997). Cognitive therapy of anxiety disorders: a practice manual and conceptual guide. Chichester, UK: Wiley] emphasizes three types of metacognitive knowledge in the etiology and maintenance of symptoms: thought fusion beliefs, beliefs about the need to perform rituals, and criteria that signal rituals can be stopped. We tested the model using a series of hierarchical regression analyses. Results showed that each metacognitive domain when entered in their hypothesized causal sequence explained incremental variance in two different measures of obsessive-compulsive symptoms, with worry controlled. These incremental relationships remained when non-metacognitive beliefs (e.g., responsibility and perfectionism) which have been linked to obsessive-compulsive symptoms in other theories were controlled. Results provide further support for the metacognitive model. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:436 / 442
页数:7
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