The cross-cultural and transdiagnostic nature of unwanted mental intrusions

  1. Belén Pascual Vera 1
  2. Burcin Akin 2
  3. Amparo Belloch 1
  4. Gioia Bottesi 3
  5. David A. Clark 4
  6. Guy Doron 5
  7. Héctor Fernández Alvárez 6
  8. Marta Ghisi 3
  9. Beatriz Gómez 6
  10. Mujgan Inozu 2
  11. Antonia Jiménez Ros 7
  12. Richard Moulding 8
  13. M. Ángeles Ruiz 9
  14. Giti Shams 10
  15. Claudio Sica 11
  1. 1 Universidad de Valencia, Departamento de Personalidad, Evaluación y Tratamientos Psicológicos
  2. 2 Hacettepe University
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    Hacettepe University

    Ankara, Turquía

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  3. 3 University of Padova
  4. 4 University of New Brunswick
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    University of New Brunswick

    Saint John, Canadá

    ROR https://ror.org/05nkf0n29

  5. 5 Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
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    Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

    Herzliya, Israel

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  6. 6 Aiglé Foundation
  7. 7 Universidade do Algarve
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    Universidade do Algarve

    Faro, Portugal

    ROR https://ror.org/014g34x36

  8. 8 Deakin University
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    Deakin University

    Geelong, Australia

    ROR https://ror.org/02czsnj07

  9. 9 Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
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    Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02msb5n36

  10. 10 University of Medical Science (Iran)
  11. 11 University of Firenze
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Revista:
International journal of clinical and health psychology

ISSN: 1697-2600

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 19

Número: 2

Páginas: 85-96

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.IJCHP.2019.02.005 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: International journal of clinical and health psychology

Resumen

Introducción/Objetivo Las intrusiones mentales no deseadas (IM), clásicamente estudiadas en relación con el trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo (TOC), tienen una prevalencia elevada independientemente de la nacionalidad, religión, y/o el contexto cultural. Las investigaciones muestran que también es habitual experimentar IM sobre contenidos relacionados con el trastorno dismórfico corporal (TDC), la ansiedad por la enfermedad/hipocondría (AE-H) y los trastornos alimentarios (TCA). Sin embargo, la influencia de la cultura sobre estas IM y su naturaleza transdiagnóstica no se han investigado. Método Participaron 1.473 personas de siete países de Europa, Oriente Medio y Suramérica. Todas completaron el Cuestionario de Pensamientos Intrusos Desagradables, que evalúa la ocurrencia y malestar asociados a cuatro contenidos de IM relacionados con TOC, TDC, AE-H y TCA, y cuestionarios sobre síntomas de los cuatro trastornos. Resultados El 64% de la muestra total había experimentado las cuatro modalidades de IM. Las IM-TCA fueron las más frecuentes y las hipocondríacas las menos, pero las más molestas. Todas las IM mantuvieron relaciones entre sí, tanto en frecuencia como en molestia, y todas se asociaron con las medidas clínicas de TOC, TDC, AE-H y TCA. Conclusiones Las IM son una experiencia habitual en diferentes contextos culturales y operan de modo transdiagnóstico en trastornos clínicamente distintos.

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This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, MINECO (Grant PSI2013-44733-R) and by the Generalitat Valenciana (GVA), Conselleria d’Educació, Cultura i Esport (Grant PROMETEO/2013/066).

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