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  • Psychology
  • Psychopathology
  • Clinical Psychology

Background:

  • Intrusive thoughts are involuntary mental experiences linked to psychopathology.
  • Distress from intrusive thoughts may stem from individual traits rather than content.
  • Existing research often focuses on the negative content of intrusive thoughts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate the Sensitivity to Intrusiveness Questionnaire (STIQ).
  • To create a tool measuring content-independent individual differences in intrusive thought sensitivity.
  • To assess the psychometric properties of the STIQ.

Main Methods:

  • The STIQ was developed and validated across four studies with 615 participants from different countries.
  • Psychometric properties including factor structure, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability were examined.
  • Associations with personality traits and clinical groups were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • The STIQ demonstrated a stable three-factor structure: negative thought experience, thought awareness/monitoring, and perceived lack of control.
  • The questionnaire exhibited high internal consistency and test-retest reliability.
  • The STIQ showed significant associations with personality traits and clinical groups, independent of thought content.

Conclusions:

  • The STIQ is a valid tool for assessing transdiagnostic, content-independent sensitivity to intrusiveness.
  • This questionnaire offers a novel approach to studying individual differences in intrusive cognitions.
  • Findings contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying distress from intrusive thoughts.