Seeing White Bears That Are Not There: Inference Processes in Obsessions
@article{Aardema2003SeeingWB, title={Seeing White Bears That Are Not There: Inference Processes in Obsessions}, author={Frederick Aardema and Kieron O'Connor}, journal={Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy}, year={2003}, volume={17}, pages={23 - 37} }
Meta-cognition refers to the notion of thoughts about one’s own thoughts and has been defined as knowledge and cognition about cognitive phenomena (Flavell, 1979). In recent years, meta-cognitive models have provided accounts of the maintenance of anxiety disorders (e.g., Wells, 2000). Meta-cognitive models would argue that the thoughts about the appearance and utility of otherwise normal thoughts generate anxiety. In this article we apply a meta-cognitive approach to understanding obsessions…
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