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aPPENDIX 11.2
(page 2 of 2)
List of Control Strategies a
ssociated with Primary Obsession
(continued)
Frequency That Strategy
Is Used
0 = never 1 = occasionally 2 = often 3 = frequently 4 = daily 5 = several times a day
How Effective Is This Strategy in Stopping Obsessional Thinking?
0 = never effective 1 = occasionally effective 2 = often effective 3 = frequently effective 4 = always effective
How Effective Is This Strategy in Reducing
Distress?
0 = never effective 1 = occasionally effective 2 = often effective 3 = frequently effective 4 = always effective
- Distract myself by doing something. [
bD]
- Distract myself by thinking another, possibly pleasant, thought or
image. [CD]
- Try to relax myself. [R] 9. Tell myself to stop thinking the obsession. [TS]10. g
et angry, down on myself for thinking the obsession. [P]
11.
Try to avoid anything that will trigger the obsession. [A]
12.
Do nothing when I get the obsession. [DN]
Strategies adapted from Freeston and Ladouceur’s
Struc
tured Interview on Neutralization
(see Ladouceur et al., 2000
), the
Thought Control Questionnaire
(Wells & Davies,
1994), and the
Revised Obsessional Intrusions Inventor
y (Purdon & Clark, 1994b).
Coding Key:
b
C = behavioral compulsion, MC = mental compulsion
, CR = cognitive restructuring, SR = self-reassurance, o
R = other reassurance, b
D = behavioral distraction,
CD = cognitive distraction, R = relaxation, TS = thought s
topping, P = punishment, A = avoidance, DN = do nothin
g.