Overactive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress : cognitive and affective components of obsessive-compulsive disorder ?

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dc.contributor.advisorSolms, Marken_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Michelleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T11:36:56Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T11:36:56Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study was designed to investigate the interrelation between cognition and affect inobsessive-compulsiveness/Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Based on established empirical evidence that hyperactive conflict-monitoring is highly correlated both with hyperactivity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and with symptom severity in OCD- and therefore that overactive conflict-monitoring can be conceptualized as a possible mechanism of the disorder - it was hypothesized that hyperactivity of the PANIC/separation-distress emotion system in the brain (which is largely localized in the ACC) would co-vary with conflict-monitoring levels in people with tendencies towards OCD and thus could be considered the correlate of OCD in the affective sphere. Two questionnaires (the Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire and the Padua Inventory) were used to position a non-clinical, college sample of 1119 participants in terms of their tendency towards obsessive-compulsiveness. The top 21 and bottom 20 scorers were then tested to gauge their levels of cognitive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress. Independent-test analysis revealed that the two groups differed significantly on scores of separation distress(as well as on the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales subscales ANGER,FEAR and PLAY), whilst there was no significant difference in the group scores for conflict-monitoring. Correlational analyses revealed no significant relationships between any of the nine OCD questionnaire factors and conflict-monitoring; similar analyses emphasized differences found for separation-distress scores and provided further, detailed description of relationships between the OCD questionnaire factors and this affective aspect. Implications for neuropsychology are that separation-distress seems likely to be a pivotal emotion involved in OCD.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJackson, M. (2006). <i>Overactive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress : cognitive and affective components of obsessive-compulsive disorder ?</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8184en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJackson, Michelle. <i>"Overactive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress : cognitive and affective components of obsessive-compulsive disorder ?."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8184en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJackson, M. 2006. Overactive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress : cognitive and affective components of obsessive-compulsive disorder ?. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Jackson, Michelle AB - This study was designed to investigate the interrelation between cognition and affect inobsessive-compulsiveness/Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Based on established empirical evidence that hyperactive conflict-monitoring is highly correlated both with hyperactivity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and with symptom severity in OCD- and therefore that overactive conflict-monitoring can be conceptualized as a possible mechanism of the disorder - it was hypothesized that hyperactivity of the PANIC/separation-distress emotion system in the brain (which is largely localized in the ACC) would co-vary with conflict-monitoring levels in people with tendencies towards OCD and thus could be considered the correlate of OCD in the affective sphere. Two questionnaires (the Meta-Cognitions Questionnaire and the Padua Inventory) were used to position a non-clinical, college sample of 1119 participants in terms of their tendency towards obsessive-compulsiveness. The top 21 and bottom 20 scorers were then tested to gauge their levels of cognitive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress. Independent-test analysis revealed that the two groups differed significantly on scores of separation distress(as well as on the Affective Neuroscience Personality Scales subscales ANGER,FEAR and PLAY), whilst there was no significant difference in the group scores for conflict-monitoring. Correlational analyses revealed no significant relationships between any of the nine OCD questionnaire factors and conflict-monitoring; similar analyses emphasized differences found for separation-distress scores and provided further, detailed description of relationships between the OCD questionnaire factors and this affective aspect. Implications for neuropsychology are that separation-distress seems likely to be a pivotal emotion involved in OCD. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - Overactive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress : cognitive and affective components of obsessive-compulsive disorder ? TI - Overactive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress : cognitive and affective components of obsessive-compulsive disorder ? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8184 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8184
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJackson M. Overactive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress : cognitive and affective components of obsessive-compulsive disorder ?. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8184en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPsychological Researchen_ZA
dc.titleOveractive conflict-monitoring and separation-distress : cognitive and affective components of obsessive-compulsive disorder ?en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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