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Changes in frequency and distress during prolonged repetition of obsessional thoughts *
Author(s) -
Gurnani P. D.,
Vaughan M.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1981.tb00500.x
Subject(s) - habituation , repetition (rhetorical device) , psychology , distress , session (web analytics) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , audiology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , world wide web , computer science
Five obsessive‐compulsive patients were treated for intrusive thoughts by three sessions of repetition of the thought. Within‐ and between‐session changes in both frequency and subjective distress lent only partial support to the habituation and conditioned inhibition models which have been used to account for the effects of prolonged repetition. Alternative explanations should be sought.