Where Do Unwanted Thoughts Come From?

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 258-259
Author(s):  
John A. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Unwanted Thoughts

The White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI) focuses on failing suppression attempts

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Rassin
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Control Strategy ◽  
Large Study ◽  
Thought Suppression ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Intrusive Thoughts ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Unwanted Thoughts

Experimental studies have produced evidence to suggest that suppressing unwanted thoughts paradoxically results in even more unwanted thoughts. Therefore, suppression is considered to be an inadequate control strategy. Wegner and Zanakos (1994; Journal of Personality, 62, 615–640) introduced the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI) as a measure to identify people who chronically tend to suppress unwanted thoughts. However, recent studies suggest that the WBSI does not exclusively measure thought suppression, but also addresses the experience of intrusive thoughts. Hence, the WBSI does not seem to measure suppression per se, but rather failing suppression. Three studies elaborate on this idea. In study 1, factor analysis of 674 non‐clinical WBSI scores is found to support the hypothesis that the WBSI addresses both suppression and intrusion. By and large, study 2 replicates these findings in a clinical sample (N=106). In study 3, an alternative suppression questionnaire is introduced, focusing on suppression and intrusions, but also on successful suppression. It is concluded that the WBSI, and thought suppression research in general, is biased toward failing suppression attempts, and has ignored the possibility of successful suppression. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Attempts to control unwanted thoughts in the night: development of the thought control questionnaire-insomnia revised (TCQI-R)

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 985-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa J. Ree ◽  
Allison G. Harvey ◽  
Rachel Blake ◽  
Nicole K.Y. Tang ◽  
Metka Shawe-Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Thought Control ◽  
Unwanted Thoughts

Saying no to unwanted thoughts: Self-focus and the regulation of mental life.

1998 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 578-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Neil Macrae ◽  
Galen V. Bodenhausen ◽  
Alan B. Milne
Keyword(s):  
Mental Life ◽  
Unwanted Thoughts

scholarly journals Hair pulling antecedents in trichotillomania: Their relationship with experiential avoidance

2020 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-52
Author(s):  
Chad Wetterneck ◽  
R. Sonia Singh ◽  
Douglas W. Woods
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Avoidance ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Hair Pulling ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Bodily Sensations ◽  
Unwanted Thoughts

In this study, 285 adults who met criteria for trichotillomania (TTM) via self-report completed an online, cross-sectional survey examining antecedent phenomenological experiences pertaining to hair pulling along with measures of TTM severity and experiential avoidance (i.e., avoidance of or escape from unwanted thoughts or feelings). Results showed a heterogeneous depiction of antecedent experiences. Subsequent analyses revealed that certain antecedents were not significantly related to TTM severity but were significantly correlated with higher levels of experiential avoidance. In particular, four of five classes of antecedents (i.e., bodily sensations, physical symptoms, mental anxiety, and general uncomfortableness) were significantly related to greater experiential avoidance. The authors conclude that treatments may need to be designed to address specific private antecedents, and that this may be done through targeting experiential avoidance.

scholarly journals Fifteen Years Controlling Unwanted Thoughts: A Systematic Review of the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ)

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Feliu-Soler ◽  
Adrián Pérez-Aranda ◽  
Jesús Montero-Marín ◽  
Paola Herrera-Mercadal ◽  
Laura Andrés-Rodríguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Thought Control ◽  
Thought Control Ability ◽  
Unwanted Thoughts

scholarly journals Suppression, Acceptance, and Monitoring of Personally-Relevant Unwanted Thoughts in Women Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-432
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Pistorello ◽  
Steven C. Hayes ◽  
Ellen Costello ◽  
Elizabeth Simpson ◽  
Ann Begin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Unwanted Thoughts

scholarly journals Suppression of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms after Head Trauma

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Seyed Hamzeh Hosseini ◽  
Paria Azari ◽  
Roohollah Abdi ◽  
Reza Alizadeh-Navaei
Keyword(s):  
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Head Trauma ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Symptoms ◽  
Compulsive Disorder ◽  
Compulsive Symptom ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive Symptom ◽  
Unwanted Thoughts

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) encompasses a spectrum of clinical symptoms characterized by unwanted thoughts coupled with an intense compulsion to act and to repeat behavior fragments in a ritualistic and stereotyped sequence. Obsessive-compulsive symptom due to brain lesions is not rare, but suppression of these symptoms after head trauma is very rare and we found only 3 cases in review of literatures from 1966 to 2001. The case of a patient suffering with severe OCD is described of note; her symptoms disappeared following right temporo-parietofrontal lesion.

Intrusive Thoughts in Depression

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard M. Wenzlaff
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Biases ◽  
Thought Suppression ◽  
Intrusive Thoughts ◽  
Mental Control ◽  
Unwanted Thoughts

This article traces the origins of intrusive thoughts in depression, devoting special attention to how misguided attempts to gain mental control can ironically fuel unwanted thoughts. A review of the research highlights the ways in which cognitive biases, stress, and thought suppression can contribute to the development and maintenance of depression. The article concludes with a consideration of the implications for treatment.

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