A Comparison of Manifestations and Impact of Reassurance Seeking among Japanese Individuals with OCD and Depression

• 沢宮, 容子

• Kobori, Osamu

• Sawamiya, Yoko

• Iyo, Masaomi

• Shimizu, Eiji

Abstract

Background: One of the most common interpersonal reactions to threat and anxiety is to seek reassurance from a trusted person. The Reassurance Seeking Questionnaire (ReSQ) measures several key aspects of reassurance seeking behaviour, including frequency, trust of sources, intensity, carefulness, and the emotional consequences of reassurance seeking. Aims: The current study compares patterns and consequences of reassurance seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression. Method: ReSQ scores were compared for three groups: 32 individuals with OCD, 17 individuals with depression, and 24 healthy comparison participants. Results: We found that individuals with OCD tended to seek reassurance more intensely and employ self-reassurance more frequently than individuals with depression or healthy participants, and that if reassurance was not provided, they tended to feel a greater urge to seek additional reassurance. Conclusions: This study is the first to quantitatively elucidate differences in reassurance seeking between OCD and depression.

Journal

• Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy

  Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 43 (5), 623-634, 2015-09

  Cambridge University Press

Details

• CRID: 1050001202648006016
• NII Article ID: 120007136321
• NII Book ID: AA10974203
• ISSN: 13524658
• HANDLE: 2241/00126351
• Web Site: https://tsukuba.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/35267
• Text Lang: en
• Article Type: journal article
• Data Source:
  • IRDB
  • CiNii Articles