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http://dx.doi.org/10.14695/KJSOS.2021.24.1.3

Comparison of Effects of Thought Suppression and Thought Substitution Strategies Using Thought Avoidance Training  

Shin, Young-Eun (충남대학교 심리학과)
Min, Yoonki (충남대학교 심리학과)
Lee, Young-Chang (충남대학교 심리학과)
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Science of Emotion and Sensibility / v.24, no.1, 2021 , pp. 3-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the effect of intentional thought avoidance(i.e., thought suppression and thought substitution) using "Think and No Think" task. Two syllable words were selected, and recall test was performed with a single subject group. recall accuracy of them was measured in two recall conditions(cue recall and target recall) and four training conditions(thought, thought suppression, thought substitution, and baseline). The results showed that recall accuracy in cue recall condition was better than in target recall condition, regardless of training conditions, and recall accuracy in thought condition was better than in other training conditions, regardless of recall conditions. Also there was significant interaction between recall and training conditions: For thought suppression. there was no difference between two recall conditions, whereas for thought substitution, recall accuracy in cue recall condition was better than in target condition. These findings indicate that thought avoidance strategies, including both thought suppression and thought substitution, are effective in avoiding the specific thought intentionally, and thought suppression and thought substitution could be applied by different mechanism.
Keywords
Thought Avoidance; Think/No Think Task; Thought Suppression; Thought Substitution;
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