E-ISSN : 2733-4538
The cognitive model of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) proposes that obsessions are caused by misappraisals and ineffective neutralizing responses on one's intrusive thoughts. The purpose of this study is to compare the cognitive appraisals and control strategies on sexual intrusive thoughts with non-sexual intrusive thoughts. Study 1 was carried out to investigate the frequency and discomfort of the various sexual thoughts in the undergraduate student samples. Guilt feeling, sexual beliefs, and sexual experiences were found to influence the frequency and discomfort of the sexual thoughts. Study 2 was designed to examine the differences between sexual, aggressive, and other intrusive thoughts in the cognitive appraisals and control strategies. The results showed that the sexual intrusive thoughts elicit higher moral thought-action fusion, control over thought, and avoidant and self-blaming control strategies than aggressive and other thoughts do. These results will contribute to the understanding of the OCD symptom's development from the sexual intrusive thoughts.
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