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  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

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  • Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) often perceive their feared self as immoral, insane, or dangerous.
  • This study explores the connection between a morality-related feared self, self-relevance, and OCD symptoms in a non-clinical group.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between a morality-related feared self and self-relevance with OCD-related cognitions and behaviors.
  • To examine how priming a feared self and self-relevance affects OC-related symptoms in a non-clinical sample.

Main Methods:

  • A priming study involving 78 participants (27 female, mean age 29.85).
  • Participants completed unscrambling and writing tasks to prime their feared self and moral transgressions, with response times measuring moral deliberation.
  • Self-relevance was manipulated by task focus (own vs. others' actions).

Main Results:

  • Pre-existing levels of feared self correlated with threat interpretation bias, discomfort, and urge to act in OCD-relevant situations.
  • Priming a feared self and self-relevance led to significant changes in OCD-relevant symptoms.

Conclusions:

  • Environmental cues associated with morality can precipitate OCD-related symptoms.
  • Findings suggest that focusing on morality and personal relevance can influence OCD symptomology.