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A Comparison of Manifestations and Impact of Reassurance Seeking among Japanese Individuals with OCD and Depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2014

Osamu Kobori ,
Yoko Sawamiya ,
Masaomi Iyo  and
Eiji Shimizu
Osamu Kobori*
Affiliation:
Chiba University, Japan
Yoko Sawamiya
Affiliation:
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Masaomi Iyo
Affiliation:
Chiba University, Japan
Eiji Shimizu
Affiliation:
Chiba University, Japan
*
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Abstract

Background: One of the most common interpersonal reactions to threat and anxiety is to seek reassurance from a trusted person. The Reassurance Seeking Questionnaire (ReSQ) measures several key aspects of reassurance seeking behaviour, including frequency, trust of sources, intensity, carefulness, and the emotional consequences of reassurance seeking. Aims: The current study compares patterns and consequences of reassurance seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression. Method: ReSQ scores were compared for three groups: 32 individuals with OCD, 17 individuals with depression, and 24 healthy comparison participants. Results: We found that individuals with OCD tended to seek reassurance more intensely and employ self-reassurance more frequently than individuals with depression or healthy participants, and that if reassurance was not provided, they tended to feel a greater urge to seek additional reassurance. Conclusions: This study is the first to quantitatively elucidate differences in reassurance seeking between OCD and depression.

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Obsessive-compulsive disordercognitive modeldepressionreassurance seeking

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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 43 , Issue 5 , September 2015 , pp. 623 - 634
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2014 

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