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dc.contributor.authorFarrell, Lara J
dc.contributor.authorWaters, Allison M
dc.contributor.authorBoschen, Mark J
dc.contributor.authorMilliner, Ella L
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:12:06Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:12:06Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-09-14T01:20:44Z
dc.identifier.issn0813-4839
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/43217
dc.description.abstractThis study aimed to extend current research into cognitive models of obsessive- compulsive disorder (OCD) in a pediatric sample by examining the impact of perceived responsibility on memory confidence, intolerance of uncertainty (IU) and checking urge using an experimental design to manipulate perceived responsibility. It was hypothesised that the high responsibility condition would result in higher ratings of responsibility, lower memory confidence and higher IU, which would also result in higher ratings on urge to check. Moreover, it was hypothesised that adolescents would report significantly higher ratings of responsibility than children. Finally, it was hypothesised that the effect of perceived inflated responsibility on the urge to check in a high responsibility condition would be mediated by IU. Method: Twenty-seven children and adolescents diagnosed with OCD completed an experimental cognitive appraisal task (CAT) in which they heard two standardised vignettes presented in counterbalanced order; one in which participants were responsible and one in which they were not responsible for preventing harm to a friend's pet cat. Memory confidence, IU and checking urge were assessed after each scenario using Likert scales. Results: The manipulation of perceived responsibility was successful with children and adolescents rating increased responsibility in the high compared with the low responsibility scenario. There were no differences across high and low responsibility conditions, however, in ratings of memory confidence, IU or the urge to check. There were no significant age-related differences; however, there was a trend for adolescents to report higher ratings across all variables. Finally, the relationship between perceived inflated responsibility and the urge to check was not mediated by IU. Conclusions: Responsibility is not related to ratings of memory confidence, IU or the urge to check in a pediatric sample, suggesting that biases of responsibility may not be central to the formulation of childhood OCD. Results are discussed in terms of implications for cognitive formulations and cognitive approaches to treatment in pediatric OCD.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttp://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8496697&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0813483900002813
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom128
dc.relation.ispartofpageto142
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalBehaviour Change
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied and developmental psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleResponsibility Beliefs, Memory Confidence, Intolerance of Uncertainty and the Urge to Check in Childhood Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An Examination of Cognitive Theory
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Australian Academic Press. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorFarrell, Lara J.
gro.griffith.authorBoschen, Mark J.
gro.griffith.authorWaters, Allison M.


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