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Excessive responsibility in obsessional concerns: a fine-grained experimental analysis

R Ladouceur1, J Rhéaume, F Aublet

  • 1Ecole de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.

Behaviour Research and Therapy
|May 1, 1997
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Excessive responsibility, a key factor in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), involves beliefs about personal influence and potential negative consequences. This study found personal influence significantly predicts responsibility, while both factors are needed to modify checking behaviors in OCD.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychopathology

Background:

  • Excessive responsibility is a proposed cognitive variable linked to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
  • Previous research using questionnaires and experimental manipulations supports a connection between responsibility and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
  • Responsibility is defined as the belief in one's power to cause or prevent negative outcomes, highlighting personal influence and potential consequences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally investigate the effects of manipulating personal influence and potential negative consequences on perceived responsibility.
  • To clarify the distinct and interactive roles of personal influence and negative consequences in the context of OCD-related cognitions.
  • To examine the impact of these cognitive manipulations on checking behavior during a classification task.

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Main Methods:

  • Seventy-seven subjects were assigned to one of four conditions: Combined (influence and negative consequences), Influence only, Negative Consequences only, or Control.
  • Participants underwent an experimental manipulation designed to alter their perceptions of personal influence and/or potential negative consequences.
  • Following the manipulation, subjects performed a capsule classification task in semi-transparent bottles to assess checking behavior.

Main Results:

  • Personal influence emerged as the strongest predictor of perceived responsibility.
  • While heightened potential negative consequences alone could induce hesitation, significant modifications in behavior required the combined manipulation of both influence and negative consequences.
  • These findings align with previous questionnaire and experimental data on responsibility in OCD.

Conclusions:

  • Personal influence plays a critical role in the perception of responsibility, a key cognitive factor in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
  • The interplay between perceived personal influence and potential negative consequences is crucial for understanding and potentially modifying OCD-related behaviors.
  • Experimental manipulation of these cognitive components offers valuable insights into the mechanisms underlying OCD.