In the present study, maximum likelihood factor analyses (n=456 and 459) revealed three correlated factors: unwanted intrusive thoughts, thought suppression, and self-distraction (to avoid thoughts).
These include short ratings of tendencies to ruminate, occurrence of intrusive thoughts, thought suppression, and the PHQ9 and GAD7 scales for assessing symptoms of depression and anxiety.
However, further experiments revealed that when participants employed thought-substitution rather than thought suppression, the unwanted memory was dodged without evidence of amnesia.
The current study examined the effects of a psychoeducational intervention designed to target thought-action fusion (TAF) on TAF, thought suppression, and responsibility cognitions.
Dispositional thought suppression mediates the relationship between negative affectivity and intrusive thoughts following a laboratory stressor.
Dispositional thought suppression mediates the relationship between negative affectivity and intrusive thoughts following a laboratory stressor.. P.J. Cook, K.A. Dodge, E. Gifford & A.B. Schulting (March , 2015.
Linking thought suppression and recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse.
The white bear suppression inventory [Wegner, D. M., & Zanakos, S. (1994). Chronic thought suppression.
The White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI; Wegner & Zanakos, 1994) was designed to assess thought suppression as a dispositional characteristic.
The distress-endurance patients displayed elevated anxiety/depression and helplessness/hopelessness accompanied with the highest scores in the classification variables thought suppression and persistence behavior.
A major focus has been an interest in understanding emotion and emotion regulation (e.g., thought suppression, experiential avoidance) using psychophysiological and behavioral laboratory paradigms.
