Cognitive theories of obsessions highlight appraisals of personal significance and thought
suppression in the development and maintenance of intrusive thoughts. The current study�…

Research suggests that suppressing unwanted thoughts is not possible, leads to a
subsequent increase in frequency of the suppressed thoughts, and results in higher levels of�…

Cognitive–behavioral models of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) assume that
obsessions have their origin in normal intrusive thoughts. These models propose that certain�…

The current study examined the nature and consequences of attributions about unsuccessful
thought suppression. Undergraduate students with either high (n= 67) or low (n= 59) levels�…

Thought suppression (ie consciously trying to avoid certain thoughts from entering
consciousness) has been argued to be an inadequate strategy in case of unwanted�…

A literature search yielded no studies investigating Wegner's (1989) proposal that repeated
suppression attempts and rebound opportunities (indulgence cycles) lead to an escalation�…

Wegner's seminal investigations of effects of thought suppression on later thought frequency
have had a significant impact on recent approaches to understanding emotional disorders�…

Wegner's (1994, Psychological Review, 101, 34–52) research on the paradoxical effect of
thought suppression has been incorporated into contemporary cognitive-behavioural�…

Cognitive-behavioral models of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) propose that
erroneous beliefs about the importance and need to control thoughts lead individuals with�…

Research suggests that people use various strategies to control their normally occurring
intrusive thoughts. Strategies that involve worrying about the thought and self punishment�…