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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Affective forecasting accuracy in obsessive compulsive disorder
Contributor:
Hezel, Dianne M.;
Stewart, S. Evelyn;
Riemann, Bradley C.;
McNally, Richard J.
Published:
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2019
Published in:
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 47 (2019) 5, Seite 573-584
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/s1352465819000134
ISSN:
1352-4658;
1469-1833
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec id="S1352465819000134_as1"><jats:title>Background:</jats:title><jats:p>Research indicates that people suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) possess several cognitive biases, including a tendency to over-estimate threat and avoid risk. Studies have suggested that people with OCD not only over-estimate the severity of negative events, but also under-estimate their ability to cope with such occurrences. What is less clear is if they also miscalculate the extent to which they will be emotionally impacted by a given experience.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S1352465819000134_as2"><jats:title>Aims:</jats:title><jats:p>The aim of the current study was twofold. First, we examined if people with OCD are especially poor at predicting their emotional responses to future events (i.e.<jats:italic>affective forecasting</jats:italic>). Second, we analysed the relationship between affective forecasting accuracy and risk assessment across a broad domain of behaviours.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S1352465819000134_as3"><jats:title>Method:</jats:title><jats:p>Forty-one OCD, 42 non-anxious, and 40 socially anxious subjects completed an affective forecasting task and a self-report measure of risk-taking.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S1352465819000134_as4"><jats:title>Results:</jats:title><jats:p>Findings revealed that affective forecasting accuracy did not differ among the groups. In addition, there was little evidence that affective forecasting errors are related to how people assess risk in a variety of situations.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec id="S1352465819000134_as5"><jats:title>Conclusions:</jats:title><jats:p>The results of our study suggest that affective forecasting is unlikely to contribute to the phenomenology of OCD or social anxiety disorder. However, that people over-estimate the hedonic impact of negative events might have interesting implications for the treatment of OCD and other disorders treated with exposure therapy.</jats:p></jats:sec>