Though Control therapy to treat Cognitive Appraisals of Intrusive Thoughts associated with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
There are a number of people all around that world that report having intrusive thoughts. (Levine & Warman, 2016) Intrusive thoughts are obsessive thoughts or images that cause an individual distress. (Wilson, 2012) These people are average in the sense that they do not have a disorder that can be characterized by the DSM-5. The most common intrusive thoughts or images are associated with aggression and violence, abnormal sexual fantasies or incest, or blasphemy. (Levine & Warman, 2016; Belloch, Morillo, & García-Soriano, 2007) Other types of intrusive thoughts stem from the thought that doing something can prevent something …show more content…
Here is a list of some of the thoughts associated with OCD: rituals, inflated responsibility, intolerance of uncertainty and thought-action fusion. These thought processes could influence someone to create rituals to prevent something bad from happening. (Davey, Meeten, Barnes & Dash, 2013) The ability for individuals to control thoughts related to intrusive thoughts from OCD involves two different defense mechanisms, avoidance and suppression. (Olafsson et al., 2014; Wilson, 2012) Wilson (2012) suggests that adolescence avoid their intrusive thoughts better with distractions or avoidance, as adult do with suppressing their thoughts. Contrary to Wilson (2012) theory, Allen, Krompinger, Mathes, Crosby and Elias (2016) suggest that suppression is detrimental to intrusive thoughts and actually acts as an unhealthy strategy rather than a healthy strategy, making the thought more consistent. They also suggest that an increase of distraction also work well for adults, or at least better than worry and punishment for their intrusive thoughts. Adams, Riemann, Wetterneck and Cisler (2012) found a correlation between cognitive appraisal and thought control, but their research shows the correlation was not strong enough, limiting the support they put on thought control as a treatment for intrusive thoughts associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. (Allen et al., 2016) Moulding et al., (2014) does not support this this theory. In their study, Moulding et al., found that avoidant control strategies used to control intrusive thoughts had no correlation with how often the thoughts occur and actual showed that it was easier to dismiss the thoughts when using suppression. Thought control can be a successful treatment for reducing intrusive thoughts and the appraisal associate with the thoughts. (Moulding et al., 2014) In a study done by Belloch et al.,
There are a number of people all around that world that report having intrusive thoughts. (Levine & Warman, 2016) Intrusive thoughts are obsessive thoughts or images that cause an individual distress. (Wilson, 2012) These people are average in the sense that they do not have a disorder that can be characterized by the DSM-5. The most common intrusive thoughts or images are associated with aggression and violence, abnormal sexual fantasies or incest, or blasphemy. (Levine & Warman, 2016; Belloch, Morillo, & García-Soriano, 2007) Other types of intrusive thoughts stem from the thought that doing something can prevent something …show more content…
Here is a list of some of the thoughts associated with OCD: rituals, inflated responsibility, intolerance of uncertainty and thought-action fusion. These thought processes could influence someone to create rituals to prevent something bad from happening. (Davey, Meeten, Barnes & Dash, 2013) The ability for individuals to control thoughts related to intrusive thoughts from OCD involves two different defense mechanisms, avoidance and suppression. (Olafsson et al., 2014; Wilson, 2012) Wilson (2012) suggests that adolescence avoid their intrusive thoughts better with distractions or avoidance, as adult do with suppressing their thoughts. Contrary to Wilson (2012) theory, Allen, Krompinger, Mathes, Crosby and Elias (2016) suggest that suppression is detrimental to intrusive thoughts and actually acts as an unhealthy strategy rather than a healthy strategy, making the thought more consistent. They also suggest that an increase of distraction also work well for adults, or at least better than worry and punishment for their intrusive thoughts. Adams, Riemann, Wetterneck and Cisler (2012) found a correlation between cognitive appraisal and thought control, but their research shows the correlation was not strong enough, limiting the support they put on thought control as a treatment for intrusive thoughts associated with obsessive-compulsive symptoms. (Allen et al., 2016) Moulding et al., (2014) does not support this this theory. In their study, Moulding et al., found that avoidant control strategies used to control intrusive thoughts had no correlation with how often the thoughts occur and actual showed that it was easier to dismiss the thoughts when using suppression. Thought control can be a successful treatment for reducing intrusive thoughts and the appraisal associate with the thoughts. (Moulding et al., 2014) In a study done by Belloch et al.,