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Vol. 14. Issue 2.
Pages 93-101 (May 2014)
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Vol. 14. Issue 2.
Pages 93-101 (May 2014)
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A cross-sectional investigation of autogenous and reactive obsessions and associated cognitive and symptom correlates in China
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Li Hea, Jenna Ewingb, Ashley M. Shawc, Jianping Wanga,d,
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wjphh@bnu.edu.cn

Corresponding author at: School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University. No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street. 100875, Haidian District, Beijing, P. R. China. Alternatively, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China.
, Gregory S. Chassonb
a Beijing Normal University, P. R. China
b Towson University, United States of America
c University of Miami, United States of America
d Capital Medical University, P. R. China
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Abstract

Categorizing clinical obsessions as either autogenous or reactive, a model that has been supported by several studies, may represent a parsimonious approach to characterizing individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, most published studies on autogenous and reactive obsessions have been carried out with participants in highly developed nations (e.g., United States, Australia). No studies have been carried out in less developed countries, such as China. It was hypothesized that the nature of autogenous and reactive obsessions and their correlates would generalize to China. This cross-sectional study incorporated three groups from China: a college student sample (N=1,701), a clinical sample of patients with OCD (N=158), and a clinical control group of patients with anxiety disorder other than OCD (N=88). Confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the autogenous and reactive model of obsessions in a Chinese sample. The results also showed that autogenous and reactive obsessions demonstrated a pattern of associations with cognitive and symptom correlates (e.g., obsessive beliefs, traditional OCD subtype themes) that were comparable to those found in previous research. The current study supports the autogenous and reactive obsessions model of OCD and its correlates in China, providing additional evidence for the cultural invariance of the model.

Keywords:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Autogenous obsessions
Reactive obsessions
China
Cross-sectional survey
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La categorización de las obsesiones clínicas, autógenas o reactivas, modelo que ha sido apoyado por diversos estudios, puede representar un enfoque parsimonioso para caracterizar individuos con trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo (TOC). Sin embargo, la mayoría de estos estudios se ha llevado a cabo con participantes de países altamente desarrollados (por ejemplo, Estados Unidos o Australia). Ningún estudio se realizó en países menos desarrollados como China. Se hipotetiza que la naturaleza de las obsesiones autógenas y reactivas, así como sus correlatos, es generalizable a China. Este estudio transversal incluye tres grupos: una muestra de estudiantes universitarios (N=1.701), una muestra clínica de pacientes con TOC (N=158) y un grupo control clínico de pacientes con trastornos de ansiedad distintos del TOC (N=88). El análisis factorial confirmatorio apoyó el modelo autógeno y reactivo de las obsesiones en población china. Las obsesiones autógenas y reactivas mostraron un patrón de asociaciones con correlatos cognitivos (por ejemplo, creencias obsesivas) comparables al encontrado en la investigación previa. El presente estudio apoya el modelo de obsesiones autógenas y reactivas del TOC y sus correlatos en China, proporcionando evidencia adicional para la invariancia cultural del modelo.

Palabras clave:
Trastorno obsesivocompulsivo
Obsesiones autógenas
Obsesiones reactivas
China
Encuesta transversal
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