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Loss of control over eating in obese youngsters

Lien Goossens, Caroline Braet, Veerle Decaluwé

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 1-9

Objective: To investigate loss of control over eating in a sample of obese youngsters seeking treatment.Method: Obese youngsters (aged 10–16) were categorized into those having experienced loss of control (LC) and those who had not (NoLC) using the child version of the Eating Disorder Examination. Furthermore, the LC group was subdivided into an objective binge eating (OBE) and a subjective binge...

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Categorization in compulsive hoarding

Jeffrey P. Wincze, Gail Steketee, Randy O. Frost

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 63-72

Based on hypothesizing about the role of information processing, and in particular, underinclusive categorization in compulsive hoarding, this study examined categorization processes in people with clinically significant compulsive hoarding problems. Twenty-one participants with primary compulsive hoarding, 21 with OCD without hoarding, and 21 non-psychiatric controls completed three categorization...

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Peritraumatic fear, helplessness and horror and peritraumatic dissociation: Do physical and cognitive symptoms of panic mediate the relationship between the two?

Deniz Fikretoglu, Alain Brunet, Suzanne R. Best, Thomas J. Metzler, more

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 39-47

The goal of this study was to examine whether panic mediates the relationship between fear, helplessness, and horror (PTSD criterion A2) and dissociation at the time of trauma. The study sample included 709 police officers and 317 peer-nominated civilians who had been exposed to a variety of critical incidents. Participants filled out measures of critical incident exposure, PTSD criterion A2, panic,...

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An experimental analysis of body checking

Roz Shafran, Michelle Lee, Elizabeth Payne, Christopher G. Fairburn

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 113-121

The relationship between repeated body checking and its impact on body size estimation and body dissatisfaction is of interest for two reasons. First, it has importance in theoretical accounts of the maintenance of eating disorders and, second, body checking is targeted in cognitive-behavioural treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the impact of manipulating body checking on body size...

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The organisation and content of trauma memories in survivors of road traffic accidents

Charlie Jones, Allison G. Harvey, Chris R. Brewin

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 151-162

We investigated the trauma narratives of 131 road traffic accident survivors prospectively, at 1 week, 6 weeks, and 3 months post-trauma. At 1 and 6 weeks, narratives of survivors with acute stress disorder (ASD) or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were less coherent and included more dissociation content. By 3 months, their narratives also contained more repetition, more non-consecutive chunks,...

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Acting on persecutory delusions: The importance of safety seeking

Daniel Freeman, Philippa A. Garety, Elizabeth Kuipers, David Fowler, more

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 89-99

Acting on delusions is a significant clinical issue. The concept of safety behaviours—actions carried out with the intention of reducing perceived threat—provides a new way of understanding acting on delusions. A study was conducted with the aim of examining the prevalence and correlates of safety behaviours related to persecutory delusions.One hundred patients with persecutory delusions were assessed...

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Self-criticism, low self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and over-evaluation of shape and weight in binge eating disorder patients

David M. Dunkley, Carlos M. Grilo

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 139-149

Despite the fact that negative self-evaluations are widely considered to be prominent in eating disorders, the role of self-criticism has received little empirical attention. The vast majority of research on the construct of self-criticism has focused on its role as a specific personality vulnerability factor in depression-related phenomena. In this study of 236 patients with binge eating disorder,...

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Effects of perceived criticism on anxiety and depression during behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders

Gail Steketee, Judy N. Lam, Dianne L. Chambless, Thomas L. Rodebaugh, more

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 11-19

The present study explored the effect of perceived criticism (PC) on levels of anxiety and depression during behavioral treatment among patients diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA). We posited that patients’ perceptions of relatives’ criticism and the degree to which they were upset by the criticism (UC) would be related to negative affect and...

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Group versus individual cognitive-behavioural treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A controlled trial

Rebecca A. Anderson, Clare S. Rees

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 123-137

The efficacy of group cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has received relatively little research attention compared with the large number of studies that have investigated individual CBT. The current study is the first controlled study to compare an identical CBT protocol, containing both cognitive and behavioural elements, delivered either individually or in...

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The effects of verbal information on children's fear beliefs about social situations

Joanne Lawson, Robin Banerjee, Andy P. Field

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 21-37

Two experiments explored the role of verbal information in changing children's fear-related beliefs about social situations. In Experiment 1, 118 6- to 8- and 12- to 13-year-olds heard positive, negative, or no information about individuals’ experiences of three social situations. Fear beliefs regarding each situation were assessed before and after this manipulation. Verbal information had no significant...

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What's the point? Towards a methodology for assessing the function of psychiatric inpatient aggression

Michael Daffern, Kevin Howells, James Ogloff

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 101-111

There are few examples in the literature of the application of functional analysis to psychiatric inpatient aggression. Structural assessment approaches have dominated. This paper introduces a system for classifying the functions of aggression in psychiatric inpatients that was applied to 502 aggressive behaviours exhibited by patients in a secure forensic psychiatric hospital. At least one function...

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The tendency to suppress, inhibiting thoughts, and dream rebound

Fiona Taylor, Richard A. Bryant

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 163-168

Ironic control theory proposes that suppressing thoughts leads to increased occurrence of the suppressed thought because monitoring for the unwanted thought leads to intrusions. This study investigated the influence of suppressing unwanted thoughts on dream content. One hundred participants who had high or low levels of tendency to suppress unwanted thoughts nominated an intrusive thought, and half...

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An experimental test of the effects of dieting on bulimic symptoms: The impact of eating episode frequency

Lisa M. Groesz, Eric Stice

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 49-62

Prospective studies suggest dieting increases bulimic symptoms, but experiments suggest that dieting decreases bulimic symptoms. One possible explanation for the conflicting findings is that real world dieting involves less healthy dieting techniques, such as meal skipping, than prescribed diets. We tested whether the manipulation of eating episode frequency during dieting impacted bulimic symptoms...

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Suppression-induced hyperaccessibility of thoughts in abstinent alcoholics: A preliminary investigation

Audrey A. Klein

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 169-177

Abstinent alcoholics were compared to a non-alcoholic control group on a modified Stroop color-naming task. Alcoholics took significantly longer to name the color of the word “alcohol” than to name the color of non-alcohol words (i.e., they showed an interference effect) after they had first tried to suppress thoughts of alcohol. Alcoholics who had freely expressed thoughts about alcohol prior to...

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A prospective investigation of the impact of attachment style on stress generation among clinically depressed individuals

Kathryn A. Bottonari, John E. Roberts, Morgen A.R. Kelly, Todd B. Kashdan, more

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 179-188

The present study sought to determine if attachment style contributed to the generation of stressful life events among clinically depressed individuals during the course of treatment. Participants (N=68) were interviewed about life stressors experienced during a 3-month treatment protocol using a contextual approach (Life Events and Difficulties Schedule; [Brown, G. W., & Harris, T. O. (1978)...

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The effects of sexual assault-related intrusion suppression in the laboratory and natural environment

M. Zachary Rosenthal, Victoria M. Follette

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 1 > 73-87

Individuals with a history of sexual victimization often experience enduring intrusive thoughts associated with their assault history. Research suggests that the characteristic ways in which sexually assaulted individuals respond to aversive internal experiences (i.e., thoughts, emotions, etc.) can influence the psychological distress associated with these intrusions. This study investigated the effects...

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Concurrent excitors limit the extinction of conditioned fear in humans

Bram Vervliet, Debora Vansteenwegen, Dirk Hermans, Paul Eelen

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 2 > 375-383

In a human fear conditioning experiment, with on-line expectancy ratings and electrodermal responding as indices of fear, two neutral stimuli (pictures of geometric shapes) were first established as reliable predictors of an electric shock. In the subsequent extinction phase, the two stimuli were repeatedly presented in compound, without the shock. The final test phase consisted of individual stimulus...

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Enhanced perceptual priming for neutral stimuli occurring in a traumatic context: Two experimental investigations

T. Michael, A. Ehlers

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 2 > 341-358

Intrusive memories in posttraumatic stress disorder are often triggered by stimuli that are perceptually similar to those present shortly before or during the trauma. The present study aims to examine the possible role of perceptual priming in this phenomenon. It further investigates whether the degree of perceptual priming is associated with dissociation and whether both perceptual priming and intrusive...

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Influence of expressed emotion and perceived criticism on cognitive-behavioral therapy for social phobia

Jason M. Fogler, Martha C. Tompson, Gail Steketee, Stefan G. Hofmann

Behaviour Research and Therapy > 2007 > 45 > 2 > 235-249

This study examined significant others’ expressed emotion (EE) and a closely related construct, perceived criticism, as predictors of cognitive-behavioral therapy outcome in a sample of 40 patients with social phobia (social anxiety disorder). Patients enrolled in group therapy for social phobia completed pre- and post-treatment questionnaire measures of perceived criticism and anxious and depressive...

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Loss of control over eating in obese youngsters

Categorization in compulsive hoarding

Peritraumatic fear, helplessness and horror and peritraumatic dissociation: Do physical and cognitive symptoms of panic mediate the relationship between the two?

An experimental analysis of body checking

The organisation and content of trauma memories in survivors of road traffic accidents

Acting on persecutory delusions: The importance of safety seeking

Self-criticism, low self-esteem, depressive symptoms, and over-evaluation of shape and weight in binge eating disorder patients

Effects of perceived criticism on anxiety and depression during behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders

Group versus individual cognitive-behavioural treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder: A controlled trial

The effects of verbal information on children's fear beliefs about social situations

What's the point? Towards a methodology for assessing the function of psychiatric inpatient aggression

The tendency to suppress, inhibiting thoughts, and dream rebound

An experimental test of the effects of dieting on bulimic symptoms: The impact of eating episode frequency

Suppression-induced hyperaccessibility of thoughts in abstinent alcoholics: A preliminary investigation

A prospective investigation of the impact of attachment style on stress generation among clinically depressed individuals

The effects of sexual assault-related intrusion suppression in the laboratory and natural environment

Concurrent excitors limit the extinction of conditioned fear in humans

Enhanced perceptual priming for neutral stimuli occurring in a traumatic context: Two experimental investigations

Influence of expressed emotion and perceived criticism on cognitive-behavioral therapy for social phobia

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