Term of Award
Summer 1995
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Psychology
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis (restricted to Georgia Southern)
Department
Department of Psychology
Committee Chair
William D. McIntosh
Committee Member 1
Janice H. Kennedy
Committee Member 2
John D. Murray
Committee Member 3
Richard Rogers
Abstract
It was hypothesized that inducing self-awareness (by the use of a mirror) following the suppression of a personally relevant intrusive thought would result in greater subsequent expression of the thought when compared to the control condition. The results replicated the previous findings by Kelly and Kahn (1994). There were no significant differences between the number of intrusive thoughts mentioned during expression of the intrusive thought by subjects who were induced to self-focus and those who were not. Possible reasons suggested for the absence of the rebound effect in the self-focus condition were: failure of the self-focus manipulation, subjects' misunderstanding or not following instructions, and the possibility that subjects' intrusive thoughts were not related to blocked goals. Finally, it was suggested that the lack of rebound effects for personally intrusive thoughts may be due to the cognitive complexity of such thoughts.
OCLC Number
1030877638
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Recommended Citation
Davies, Blossom Rachel, "The Effects of Self-Focus on the Suppression of Personally Relevant Intrusive Thoughts" (1995). Legacy ETDs. 10.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd_legacy/10