Thought suppression induces intrusions

E. H. Lavy; M. A. Van Den Hout

Thought suppression induces intrusions

E. H. Lavy
, M. A. Van Den Hout

Maastricht University

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted to investigate whether deliberate attempts to avoid a thought content have paradoxical effects. Twenty-four Ss received thought suppression instructions, 16 neutral instructions. Thought suppression resulted in an increased number of occurrences of the thought to be suppressed. The contribution of the results to the theory of obsessions is discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-258
Number of pages	8
Journal	Behavioural Psychotherapy
Volume	18
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1990
Externally published	Yes

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