Thought- Action Fusion and Thought Suppression in People with Obses-‎sive–Compulsive Symptoms, high Schizotypy and Overlapping Symptoms

Hamidi Bagejan, Samad; Poursharifi, Hamid; Mahmood Alilou, Majid; Shirvani, Amir

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Hamidi Bagejan S, Poursharifi H, Mahmood Alilou M, Shirvani A. Thought- Action Fusion and Thought Suppression in People with Obses-‎sive–Compulsive Symptoms, high Schizotypy and Overlapping Symptoms. Journal title 2011; 5 (1) :12-22
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Thought- Action Fusion and Thought Suppression in People with Obses-‎sive–Compulsive Symptoms, high Schizotypy and Overlapping Symptoms

Samad Hamidi Bagejan

¹, Hamid Poursharifi

, Majid Mahmood Alilou

, Amir Shirvani

1- , samadhamidi@gmail.com ‎

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This study was an attempt to make a comparison between the people with Obsessive–Compulsive Symptoms, high Schizotypy and Overlapping Symptoms and the normal people in terms of the Thought- Action Fusion and Thought Suppression. For this purpose, 1570 undergraduate students of Tabriz University, Iran, were selected using simple random sampling, and they completed the relevant questionnaire of the study. The results of the multivariate analysis of variance showed that those with overlapping symptoms, obsessive–compulsive symptoms, and high schizotypy got respectively higher scores in Thought- Action Fusion and Thought Suppression in comparison with the normal(control) group. The results of our study suggested that Thought action-fusion and Thought suppression may lead to the development of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in normal individuals and the individuals with high schizotypy. Further, they may lead to the formation of schizo-obsessive disorder that may be a distinct subtype with unique clinical characteristics.

Keywords: Thought suppression, thought- action fusion, obsessive–compulsive symptoms, high schizotypy

Type of Study: Research |
Published: 2011/09/15