Repugnant obsessions: A review of the phenomenology, theoretical models, and treatment of sexual and aggressive obsessional themes in OCD

R Moulding, F Aardema, KP O'Connor - Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive …, 2014 - Elsevier
Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a highly disabling psychiatric disorder,
characterized by the occurrence of intrusive, unwanted thoughts (obsessions), which lead to …

COVID-19, obsessive-compulsive disorder and invisible life forms that threaten the self

F Aardema - Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related …, 2020 - Elsevier
This communication explores unique characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) in the context of the current coronavirus pandemic. When do irrational fears of …

From the laboratory to the clinic (and back again): How experiments have informed cognitive–behavior therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder

JP Gagné, K Kelly-Turner… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Behavioral and cognitive models—as well as complementary theories such as the inference-
based, mood-as-input, and seeking proxies for internal states approaches—have been put …

Fear of self and obsessionality: Development and validation of the Fear of Self Questionnaire

F Aardema, R Moulding, AS Radomsky, G Doron… - Journal of Obsessive …, 2013 - Elsevier
Obsessions–particularly those directly relating to causing harm–often contain or imply
evaluative dimensions about the self, reflecting a fear as to who the person might be–or …

Feared possible selves in cognitive-behavioral theory: An analysis of its historical and empirical context, and introduction of a working model

F Aardema, SF Wong - Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cognitive-behavioral models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have largely ignored
conceptualizing vulnerable self-themes as a core feature, despite numerous historical …

The role of feared possible selves in obsessive–compulsive and related disorders: A comparative analysis of a core cognitive self‐construct in clinical samples

F Aardema, R Moulding, G Melli… - Clinical psychology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Increasingly, cognitive‐behavioural models have been considering the role of beliefs about
the self in the development and maintenance of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) …

Fear of self and unacceptable thoughts in obsessive–compulsive disorder

G Melli, F Aardema, R Moulding - Clinical psychology & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Cognitive‐behavioural models have linked unacceptable or repugnant thoughts in
obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) with vulnerable self‐themes and fear‐of‐self …

Evaluation of inference-based cognitive-behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder: a multicenter randomized controlled trial with three treatment …

F Aardema, S Bouchard, D Koszycki… - Psychotherapy and …, 2022 - karger.com
Introduction: Inference-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (I-CBT) is a specialized
psychological treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) without deliberate and …

Development and validation of the multidimensional version of the fear of self questionnaire: Corrupted, culpable and malformed feared possible selves in obsessive …

F Aardema, AS Radomsky, R Moulding… - Clinical Psychology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, cognitive‐behavioural models of OCD have increasingly recognized the
potential role of feared possible selves in the development and maintenance of OCD, while …

Reduced fear‐of‐self is associated with improvement in concerns related to repugnant obsessions in obsessive–compulsive disorder

F Aardema, SF Wong, JS Audet, G Melli… - British Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The potential causal and maintaining role of vulnerable self‐themes and beliefs
about the self in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) have received increasing attention …