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| Title |
The “Arnold Schwarzenegger Effect”: Is strength of the “victim” related to misinterpretations of harm intrusions?
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| Published in |
Behaviour Research & Therapy, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.brat.2012.09.002 |
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| Authors |
Noah C. Berman, Michael G. Wheaton, Jonathan S. Abramowitz |
| Abstract |
The present study used an in vivo paradigm to examine whether the victim's vulnerability in a harm-related intrusion affects beliefs about the importance of thoughts (i.e., Thought Action Fusion; TAF). Sixty-six undergraduate students at a large university were randomly assigned to imagine either a vulnerable (e.g., elderly man) or able-bodied individual (e.g., strong youthful male) they know getting into a car accident and provided in vivo ratings of anxiety, guilt, likelihood, moral wrongness, and urges to neutralize. Results indicated that thinking of car accident involving a vulnerable, compared to an able-bodied person, provoked more distress (anxiety and guilt), stronger feelings of moral wrongness, greater urges to cancel the effects of thinking such thoughts, and higher estimates of the likelihood that the collision would occur. The findings of our study broadly support Rachman's (1998) assertion that more significance and importance is attached to negative thoughts about vulnerable or helpless people. Current findings are discussed in terms of the cognitive-behavioral model of obsessions and clinical implications are addressed. |
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| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Spain | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 2 | 40% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 77 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 10% |
| Researcher | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 12 | 15% |
| Unknown | 25 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Psychology | 36 | 46% |
| Sports and Recreations | 6 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 28 | 35% |
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#6,237,961
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#1,180
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#45,726
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#16
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