caa a22 4500 467897794 CHVBK 20180406152808.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10608-006-9078-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10608-006-9078-x A Cross-cultural Test of the Cognitive Theory of Obsessions and Compulsions: A Comparison of Greek, Italian, and American Individuals—a Preliminary Study [Elektronische Daten] [Claudio Sica, Steven Taylor, Willem Arrindell, Ezio Sanavio] A widely-held theory is that obsessions arise from the misinterpretation of normal intrusive thoughts (e.g., misinterpreting unwanted harm-related thoughts as a sign that one is going to act on them). This leads the person to perform compulsions such as repeated checking. Misinterpretations are said to arise from various types of beliefs (e.g., the belief that thoughts inevitably give rise to actions). In support of this theory, some studies have shown that such beliefs are correlated with obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms. We investigated whether the theory can be extended to conditions in which cultural differences are taken in consideration. Measures of OC beliefs and symptoms were completed by participants in Greece (n=46) and Italy (n=348) and, for comparison purposes, the US (n=73). Beliefs were correlated with symptoms in all three groups. There were significant, albeit modest, cross-cultural effects. In particular, the relation between beliefs and cleaning and checking compulsions tended to be low in Greek participants, compared to Italian and US counterparts. Although the results generally support the cognitive model, some culture-specific modifications may be required, possibly by including variables that moderate or attenuate the correlations between OC symptoms and putatively related beliefs. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2006 Obsessive-compulsive disorder nationallicence Intrusive thoughts nationallicence Cognitive theory nationallicence Cross-cultural nationallicence Sica Claudio Department of Psychology, University of Firenze, 93, 50125, Firenze, Italy aut Taylor Steven Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancover, Canada aut Arrindell Willem Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut Sanavio Ezio Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy aut Cognitive Therapy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/5(2006-10-01), 585-597 0147-5916 30:5<585 2006 30 10608 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-006-9078-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-006-9078-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sica Claudio Department of Psychology, University of Firenze, 93, 50125, Firenze, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Taylor Steven Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancover, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arrindell Willem Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sanavio Ezio Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Veneto, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cognitive Therapy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/5(2006-10-01), 585-597 0147-5916 30:5<585 2006 30 10608 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer