A systematic review of obsessive-compulsive disorder and self: Self-esteem, feared self, self-ambivalence, egodystonicity, early maladaptive schemas, and self …

T Jaeger, R Moulding, YH Yang, J David… - Journal of Obsessive …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment non-response, drop-out, and relapse have led researchers to examine if
issues related to the “self” contribute to obsessive-compulsive disorder. The present …

The relationship between body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review of direct comparative studies

A Malcolm, I Labuschagne, D Castle… - Australian & New …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: Current nosology conceptualises body dysmorphic disorder as being related to
obsessive-compulsive disorder, but the direct evidence to support this conceptualisation is …

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 …

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 …

Childhood trauma and attachment style predict the four-year course of obsessive compulsive disorder: Findings from the Netherlands obsessive compulsive disorder …

L Tibi, P van Oppen, AJLM van Balkom… - Journal of Affective …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic psychiatric disorder where
most patients do not reach full symptomatic remission. Identifying predictors of course can …

Self-vulnerabilities, attachment and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms: Examining the moderating role of attachment security on fear of self

G Doron - Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recently, feared self-perceptions and attachment insecurities have been shown to be
associated with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms and cognitions. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Existential therapies and the extended evolutionary meta-model: Turning existential philosophy into process-based therapy

RG Menzies, RE Menzies - Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 2024 - Elsevier
This article reviews the central theoretical claims found in the various psychotherapeutic
approaches broadly referred to as the existential therapies. Despite substantial differences …

Lose yourself: feared self, emotion regulation, and obsessive-compulsive and eating disorder symptomatology

N Latif, R Moulding - Australian Psychologist, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives Feared self refers to an individual's “possible” self that has undesired qualities or
characteristics and has been linked to obsessive compulsive symptoms. However, feared …

Psychological flexibility and inflexibility in obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions, disability, and quality of life: An online longitudinal study

EM Thompson, MEE Brierley, L Destrée… - Journal of Contextual …, 2022 - Elsevier
Early intervention in obsessive-compulsive disorder has recently gained traction. However,
to address obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms before they progress to clinical levels, it is …