Anxiety control and metacognitive beliefs mediate the relationship between inflated responsibility and obsessive compulsive symptoms

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

卷:228

Article

Sassaroli, Sandra¹  Centorame, Francesco¹  Caselli, Gabriele^1,2,7  Favaretto, Ettore³  Fiore, Francesca¹  Gallucci, Marcello⁴  Sarracino, Diego⁴  Ruggiero, Giovanni M.⁵  Spada, Marcantonio M.²  Rapee, Ronald M.⁶ 

[1] Studi Cognit, I-20121 Milan, Italy

[2] London S Bank Univ, Sch Appl Sci, London SE1 0AA, England

[3] Azienda Sanit Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

[4] Univ Milano Bicocca, Dept Psychol, I-20126 Milan, Italy

[5] Psicoterapia Cognit & Ric, I-20121 Milan, Italy

[6] Macquarie Univ, Dept Psychol, Ctr Emot Hlth, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia

[7] Sigmund Freud Univ, I-20143 Milan, Italy

关键词: Anxiety control;    Beliefs about inflated responsibility;    Metacognitive beliefs;    Obsessive compulsive disorder;    Obsessive compulsive symptoms;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2015.05.053

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Research has indicated that beliefs about inflated responsibility, beliefs about perceived control over anxiety-related events and reactions (anxiety control) and metacognitive beliefs about the need to control thoughts are associated with obsessive compulsive symptoms. In the current study we tested a mediation model of the interactions between these variables in predicting obsessive compulsive symptoms. Thirty-seven individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder and 31 controls completed the following self-report instruments: the Responsibility Attitude Scale, the Anxiety Control Scale, the Beliefs about Need to Control Thoughts sub-scale of the Metacognitions Questionnaire 30, and the Padua Inventory. Mann-Whitney U tests revealed that participants in the clinical group scored significantly higher than those in the non-clinical group on all variables. In the mediation model we found that the relationship between beliefs about inflated responsibility and obsessive compulsive symptoms was fully mediated by anxiety control and beliefs about the need to control thoughts. These findings provide support for the significant role played by beliefs about control in predicting the severity of obsessive compulsive symptoms. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

【 授权许可】

Free