Don't worry and beware of white bears: Thought suppression in anxiety patients

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作者
Becker, ES [1 ]
Rinck, M
Roth, WT
Margraf, J
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[1] Tech Univ Dresden, Dept Clin Psychol, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
[2] Vet Adm Med Ctr, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
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10.1016/S0887-6185(97)00048-0
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B849 [应用心理学];
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040203 ;
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The ability to suppress unwanted thoughts was investigated in patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD; n = 29), Speech Phobics (n = 25), and nonanxious controls (n = 28). All participants spent 5 minutes thinking aloud about anything :hat came to mind while trying not to think of white bears. In another task, they thought aloud for 5 minutes while trying not to think of their main worry. Intrusions of unwanted thoughts were signaled by button presses and recorded on tape. In accordance with the disorder's definition and complaints of the GAD patients, they sowed more intrusions of their main worry than of white bears. The opposite was true for other participants. Compared to a baseline measure, all participant groups were unable ro reduce duration of main worry thoughts when trying to suppress them. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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