Fusion or Confusion in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13670531 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kieron O’connor (0000-0001-6134-0816, corresponding author), Kieron O'Connor (Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin), Frederick Aardema (0000-0003-1589-7511, Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 93 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 227-232 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.2003.93.1.227 |
| PMID | 14563054 |
| OpenAlex | W2111797698 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
Inferential confusion occurs when a person mistakes an imagined possibility for a real probability and might account for some types of thought-action and other fusions reported in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Inferential confusion could account for the ego-dystonic nature of obsessions and their recurrent nature, since the person acts "as if" an imagined aversive inference is probable and tries unsuccessfully to modify this imaginary probability in reality. The clinical implications of the inferential confusion model focus primarily on the role of the imagination in obsessive-compulsive disorder rather than on cognitive beliefs
Action (physics · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Confusion · Epistemology · Focus (optics · Inference · Obsessive compulsive · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · The Imaginary · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes · Clinical Psychology · Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2015 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |