Christine Purdon
Biographic Data
| ID | 5220877 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine Purdon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine |
| FAMILY NAME | Purdon |
| SIGNATURE | PURDON C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waterloo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0941-6398 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Assessing Comorbidity, Insight, Family, and Functioning
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a complex and debilitating disorder that has a high degree of comorbidity with mood and anxiety disorders. Strategies for differential diagnosis of OCD and these disorders, as well as the interactions of the diagnoses in treatment settings, are discussed. The chapter also explores the relationships between OCD and personality disorders, as well as between OCD and the OCD-related disorders. OCD is also charac…
How are OCD patients and their families coping with the Covid-19 pandemic? A qualitative study
Mindfulness and mind wandering: The protective effects of brief meditation in anxious individuals
The longitudinal association of relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction in long-term relationships.
Several prominent models of relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction imply directional relationships between these constructs (e.g., attachment theory, social exchange models of relationship satisfaction, the interpersonal exchange model of sexual satisfaction). Previous research has demonstrated that sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction are distinct but correlated constructs, but relatively few studies have examined how the…
Still Cognitive After All These Years? Perspectives for a Cognitive Behavioural Theory of Obsessions and Where We Are 30 Years Later: A Commentary
Salkovskis and Millar (this issue) observe a number of shortcomings in our paper entitled “New Perspectives for a Cognitive Theory of Obsessions” (Clark & Purdon, 1993), which include: (a) an under‐emphasis on the role of responsibility, (b) an under‐emphasis on the influence of neutralisation; and (c) an over‐emphasis on the relative importance of mental control in the pathogenesis of obsessions. They also contend that our emphasis on ego‐dyston…
Perceptions of Partner Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Committed Relationships
Development and Validation of the Response to Sexual Difficulties Scale
Non-Erotic Thoughts, Attentional Focus, and Sexual Problems in a Community Sample
Non-Erotic Thoughts and Sexual Functioning
Non‐erotic thoughts: Content and relation to sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction
We examined the possible range of content of non-erotic thoughts experienced during typical sexual activities with a partner. Undergraduate men (n = 47) and women (n = 50) were administered a measure of non-erotic thought content, frequency, and anxiety, along with measures of sexual attitude, satisfaction, and functioning. Men were more likely to report performance-related thoughts, and women were more likely to report thoughts about body image.…
Sexual intrusive thoughts of college students
Despite the fact that a substantial minority of individuals describe sexual thoughts that are perceived as unwanted and unacceptable, for the most part sexuality researchers have not differentiated sexual thoughts and fantasies that are perceived as positive by the respondent from those which are perceived as negative. At the same time, cognitive‐behavioral researchers investigating intrusive thoughts—that is, unwanted, sudden, and involuntary eg…
New perspectives for a cognitive theory of obsessions
Salkovskis (1985, 1989) proposed a cognitive-behavioural theory to account for the development and persistence of clinical obsessions. The model considers two cognitive processes central in the development of obsessions. First, the obsession-prone person attributes excessive personal responsibility of possible harm occurring to self or others in response to an unwanted intrusive thought. Secondly, in an attempt to deal with the discomfort and sen…
Non‐erotic thoughts: Content and relation to sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction
We examined the possible range of content of non-erotic thoughts experienced during typical sexual activities with a partner. Undergraduate men (n = 47) and women (n = 50) were administered a measure of non-erotic thought content, frequency, and anxiety, along with measures of sexual attitude, satisfaction, and functioning. Men were more likely to report performance-related thoughts, and women were more likely to report thoughts about body image.…
Sexual intrusive thoughts of college students
Despite the fact that a substantial minority of individuals describe sexual thoughts that are perceived as unwanted and unacceptable, for the most part sexuality researchers have not differentiated sexual thoughts and fantasies that are perceived as positive by the respondent from those which are perceived as negative. At the same time, cognitive‐behavioral researchers investigating intrusive thoughts—that is, unwanted, sudden, and involuntary eg…
New perspectives for a cognitive theory of obsessions
Salkovskis (1985, 1989) proposed a cognitive-behavioural theory to account for the development and persistence of clinical obsessions. The model considers two cognitive processes central in the development of obsessions. First, the obsession-prone person attributes excessive personal responsibility of possible harm occurring to self or others in response to an unwanted intrusive thought. Secondly, in an attempt to deal with the discomfort and sen…
Non-Erotic Thoughts, Attentional Focus, and Sexual Problems in a Community Sample
Non-Erotic Thoughts and Sexual Functioning
Perceptions of Partner Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Committed Relationships
Development and Validation of the Response to Sexual Difficulties Scale
New perspectives for a cognitive theory of obsessions
Salkovskis (1985, 1989) proposed a cognitive-behavioural theory to account for the development and persistence of clinical obsessions. The model considers two cognitive processes central in the development of obsessions. First, the obsession-prone person attributes excessive personal responsibility of possible harm occurring to self or others in response to an unwanted intrusive thought. Secondly, in an attempt to deal with the discomfort and sen…
Sexual intrusive thoughts of college students
Despite the fact that a substantial minority of individuals describe sexual thoughts that are perceived as unwanted and unacceptable, for the most part sexuality researchers have not differentiated sexual thoughts and fantasies that are perceived as positive by the respondent from those which are perceived as negative. At the same time, cognitive‐behavioral researchers investigating intrusive thoughts—that is, unwanted, sudden, and involuntary eg…
Non‐erotic thoughts: Content and relation to sexual functioning and sexual satisfaction
We examined the possible range of content of non-erotic thoughts experienced during typical sexual activities with a partner. Undergraduate men (n = 47) and women (n = 50) were administered a measure of non-erotic thought content, frequency, and anxiety, along with measures of sexual attitude, satisfaction, and functioning. Men were more likely to report performance-related thoughts, and women were more likely to report thoughts about body image.…
Non-Erotic Thoughts, Attentional Focus, and Sexual Problems in a Community Sample
Non-Erotic Thoughts and Sexual Functioning
Development and Validation of the Response to Sexual Difficulties Scale
Perceptions of Partner Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Committed Relationships
The longitudinal association of relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction in long-term relationships.
Several prominent models of relationship satisfaction and sexual satisfaction imply directional relationships between these constructs (e.g., attachment theory, social exchange models of relationship satisfaction, the interpersonal exchange model of sexual satisfaction). Previous research has demonstrated that sexual satisfaction and relationship satisfaction are distinct but correlated constructs, but relatively few studies have examined how the…
Still Cognitive After All These Years? Perspectives for a Cognitive Behavioural Theory of Obsessions and Where We Are 30 Years Later: A Commentary
Salkovskis and Millar (this issue) observe a number of shortcomings in our paper entitled “New Perspectives for a Cognitive Theory of Obsessions” (Clark & Purdon, 1993), which include: (a) an under‐emphasis on the role of responsibility, (b) an under‐emphasis on the influence of neutralisation; and (c) an over‐emphasis on the relative importance of mental control in the pathogenesis of obsessions. They also contend that our emphasis on ego‐dyston…
Mindfulness and mind wandering: The protective effects of brief meditation in anxious individuals
How are OCD patients and their families coping with the Covid-19 pandemic? A qualitative study
Assessing Comorbidity, Insight, Family, and Functioning
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a complex and debilitating disorder that has a high degree of comorbidity with mood and anxiety disorders. Strategies for differential diagnosis of OCD and these disorders, as well as the interactions of the diagnoses in treatment settings, are discussed. The chapter also explores the relationships between OCD and personality disorders, as well as between OCD and the OCD-related disorders. OCD is also charac…
Psychology (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Sexual function and dysfunction studies (7 works) · Anxiety (6 works) · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Psychotherapist (5 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (5 works)