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It has been suggested that obsessions tend to induce negative inferences about the self. However, few if any studies have examined the relationship between the type of obsession and negative self-inferences. The present study aims to examine which types of obsession are more likely to induce negative self-inferences. 40 participants were assigned into two groups (i.e., the autogenous obsession group vs. the reactive obsession group). The two groups undertook a thought-suppression task that was designed to make the participants experience their most disturbing mental intrusions. We measured the negative self-evaluations and negative self-conscious emotions of the participants to assess the extent to which their mental intrusions induce negative self-inferences. Participants with autogenous obsessions evaluated themselves more negatively in terms of morality, dangerousness, and competence dimensions of the self, and they reported more negative self-conscious emotions after they completed the task, whereas those with reactive obsessions did not. These results suggest that the extent to which mental intrusions provoke negative self-inferences varies according to the type of obsession and that autogenous obsessions are more likely than reactive obsessions to induce negative self-inferences.
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