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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"compulsions"”.
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Help-seeking for obsessions and compulsions
Background: Obsessions and compulsions are the two core features of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Mild and infrequent obsessions and compulsions are common. Persistent and distressing obsessions and compulsions of the kind seen in OCD occur in far fewer people. As is the case with other …
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Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. An IPA study.
… such as the presence of obsessions and compulsions, a similar age of onset and also similar activation of underlying structures within the brain related to obsessions and compulsion formation. The recently published DSM-V (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders; American …
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Disgust propensity, fear of contamination and underlying dimensions of obsessive-compulsive symptoms
… emotion of disgust. Such patients may engage in compulsions when feeling disgusted not because they need to avoid possible future harm but rather because they cannot get rid of feelings of incompleteness if they do not perform their compulsions.
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The found object and the presentation of everyday life.
… and past experiences have had on my own artistic compulsions. I also discuss the range of art concepts that I have found myself working within, including the practice of Spolia, Appropriation, Categorisation, Endurance and Ritual art, and how they became a natural element to my process of making. …
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Emotional Interference of Response Inhibition in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
… the etiology and maintenance of obsessions and compulsions. However, little research has tested how emotional processes moderate inhibitory functions in OCD. In the present study, high contamination phobic (HCP, n = 17) and low contamination phobic (LCP, n = 30) participants completed an …
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Terapia ocupacional capacitante: relato, percepções, enfrentamento e inclusão de um indivíduo com toc no meio acadêmico
… by recurrent crises of obsessions and compulsions. Obsessions are impulsive thoughts or undesirable and unintended images that invade the consciousness causing marked anxiety or discomfort, forcing the individual to perform compulsions, or physical or mental acts carried out in response …
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Evaluating Knowledge of a Function-based Cognitive-Behavioural Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour in Autism Spectrum Disorder
… (RRBs) which may be similar to obsessions and compulsions in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). These behaviours can be intrusive and interfere in the lives of the child and their family. Preliminary studies have shown success in using adapted Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to treat …
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Trait Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Factors of Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Hierarchical Model
… disorders among youth: obsessions and compulsions, generalized anxiety/worry, social anxiety, and depression. Regression-based path analyses utilized data from a community sample of 105 youth aged 12-17 (67.6% female, 80% white, non-Hispanic). Results largely replicated prior models in …
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The relationship between the practice of Christian spiritual disciplines and Internet pornography use among Christian college students
… resist other harmful behaviors, including sexual compulsions, presented through means other than the Internet. In a review of the literature, the theological, historical, psychological, and sociological issues surrounding the use of Internet pornography were explored. The research employed a …
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"Power always goes on and on" : the limits of masculinity in Marabou Stork Nightmares and Fight Club
… limits placed upon their bodies, and clarify the compulsions which drive their private demeanours and interpersonal behaviour. I argue that these characters perform a model of masculine identity which is founded upon an ideology of naturalised male authority and grounded in the social practice of …
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How the soul slips in: Virginia Woolf's (un)natural history of dogs
… “other,” rather it is more often revealed when compulsions of the State are at work on unstable human categories. Woolf uses animals (specifically dogs) because they are a natural proxy to human social structural functionalism. Dogs are fundamentally expressive despite their willingness to …
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"The Perfect Scheme of it in his Head...:" Shaftesbury's Carolina Design in the Context of England's Atlantic Economy
… the most inspired. This thesis explores his compulsions in the design and development of a new export market for this region, in the context of England's pre- and post-Restoration Atlantic economy. It suggests that far from a singular desire to establish a trade in agricultural-staples, …
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The role of emotions in obsessive-compulsive experiences
… consistently present across the profiles of all compulsions. Fifth, individuals experiencing multiple compulsion types were considered to experience profiles characterised by increased affective phenomena of a potentially distressing nature, for example, anxiety and stress. These findings …
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Social facilitation of polydipsia as an animal model of compulsive behavior
… theories advanced to explain the etiology of OCD compulsions have significant limitations. The purpose of this study is to test social facilitation as a potential mechanism through which compulsive behaviors are acquired, via an animal model. Schedule-induced polydipsia (SIP) was employed as the …
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The Peasant and the Farmer: (Re)Constituting Settler Colonialism and Capitalist Relations in the US Imaginary
… which focuses on the structural logic and compulsions of settler colonialism and capitalism, I reconstruct the history of the peasant-farmer dyad in the US context. Through a critical discourse analysis of Farmers' Bulletins, I also show how the United States Department of Agriculture …
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Send in the Reserves! The Development and Significance of the Reserve Dilemma in Military History
… military, and socio-economic constraints and compulsions. Namely, they lacked the financial means, military resources, and, in some cases, the political capital to rely solely on full-time soldiers who often are better resourced to keep up with the rising complexity of modern warfare compared …
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The Finality of Partition: Bilateral Relations between India and Pakistan, 1947-1957
… of both countries were also responding to the compulsions of internal politics; and the policies they advocated were also shaped by domestic political positions of the day. In the immediate months and years following partition, the suggestions of a lastingly adversarial relationship were …
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Narrative and gender in the novels of Christina Stead
… in novels of repetition which metonymize deathly compulsions. Thus a reading which foregrounds narrative and gender, particularly in the embedded artworks, genderlects, metaphor, plot and closure, depicts a Christina Stead who has never been comprehended by masculist critics who fail to take …
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Why now : a quantitative analysis of barriers influencing a delay in treatment-seeking behavior for adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
… through intrusive obsessions and time-consuming compulsions. Although effective treatments exist, many individuals delay accessing care for years after diagnosis, worsening outcomes and increasing risks for comorbidities, functional impairment, and suicide. Despite increasing attention to mental …
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Behind the search box: the political economy of a global Internet industry
… emergent industry. These pivot around familiar compulsions: profit-maximization and management control. The search industry is famous for the almost incredible perks it affords to a select group of highly paid, highly skilled engineers and managers. However, the same industry also relies not …
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