Further evidence for biased semantic networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): when knives are no longer associated with buttering bread but only with stabbing people

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Further evidence for biased semantic networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): when knives are no longer associated with buttering bread but only with stabbing people. / Jelinek, Lena; Hauschildt, Marit; Hottenrott, Birgit; Kellner, Michael; Moritz, Steffen.

in: J BEHAV THER EXP PSY, Jahrgang 45, Nr. 4, 01.12.2014, S. 427-434.

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title = "Further evidence for biased semantic networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): when knives are no longer associated with buttering bread but only with stabbing people",
abstract = "BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Semantic network models suggest that individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) process words with multiple meanings (e.g., {"}knife{"}) more likely in an OC-related (i.e., {"}weapon{"}) than in a neutral way (i.e., {"}cutlery{"}). Initial evidence was found in an online study. The aim of the current study was to investigate semantic networks in a clinical OCD sample and particularly to identify whether changes in semantic networks following the add-on intervention association splitting (AS) exceeded changes expected through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alone.METHODS: An association task was presented to 36 healthy controls and 70 OCD patients over a period of eight weeks with OCD patients receiving CBT and an add-on intervention (randomized allocation to either AS or a computerized cognitive training). Participants were asked to generate up to five associations to standardized (OC-relevant, negative, neutral) and individual cue words. Associations were rated with regard to OC-relevance and valence.RESULTS: Analyses revealed that OCD participants produced a) significantly more OC-relevant associations and b) more negative associations than controls for cue words. In the OCD sample, the OC-relevance and valence of associations changed after therapy for personal cue words. This effect was associated with AS at statistical trend level.LIMITATIONS: No clinical control group was recruited; no inter-rater reliability was assessed for the association task.CONCLUSIONS: Further evidence for biased associative networks in OCD was found. Associations of individually chosen cue words proved to be modifiable by therapy.",
author = "Lena Jelinek and Marit Hauschildt and Birgit Hottenrott and Michael Kellner and Steffen Moritz",
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T1 - Further evidence for biased semantic networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): when knives are no longer associated with buttering bread but only with stabbing people

AU - Jelinek, Lena

AU - Hauschildt, Marit

AU - Hottenrott, Birgit

AU - Kellner, Michael

AU - Moritz, Steffen

N1 - Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

PY - 2014/12/1

Y1 - 2014/12/1

N2 - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Semantic network models suggest that individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) process words with multiple meanings (e.g., "knife") more likely in an OC-related (i.e., "weapon") than in a neutral way (i.e., "cutlery"). Initial evidence was found in an online study. The aim of the current study was to investigate semantic networks in a clinical OCD sample and particularly to identify whether changes in semantic networks following the add-on intervention association splitting (AS) exceeded changes expected through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alone.METHODS: An association task was presented to 36 healthy controls and 70 OCD patients over a period of eight weeks with OCD patients receiving CBT and an add-on intervention (randomized allocation to either AS or a computerized cognitive training). Participants were asked to generate up to five associations to standardized (OC-relevant, negative, neutral) and individual cue words. Associations were rated with regard to OC-relevance and valence.RESULTS: Analyses revealed that OCD participants produced a) significantly more OC-relevant associations and b) more negative associations than controls for cue words. In the OCD sample, the OC-relevance and valence of associations changed after therapy for personal cue words. This effect was associated with AS at statistical trend level.LIMITATIONS: No clinical control group was recruited; no inter-rater reliability was assessed for the association task.CONCLUSIONS: Further evidence for biased associative networks in OCD was found. Associations of individually chosen cue words proved to be modifiable by therapy.

AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Semantic network models suggest that individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) process words with multiple meanings (e.g., "knife") more likely in an OC-related (i.e., "weapon") than in a neutral way (i.e., "cutlery"). Initial evidence was found in an online study. The aim of the current study was to investigate semantic networks in a clinical OCD sample and particularly to identify whether changes in semantic networks following the add-on intervention association splitting (AS) exceeded changes expected through cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alone.METHODS: An association task was presented to 36 healthy controls and 70 OCD patients over a period of eight weeks with OCD patients receiving CBT and an add-on intervention (randomized allocation to either AS or a computerized cognitive training). Participants were asked to generate up to five associations to standardized (OC-relevant, negative, neutral) and individual cue words. Associations were rated with regard to OC-relevance and valence.RESULTS: Analyses revealed that OCD participants produced a) significantly more OC-relevant associations and b) more negative associations than controls for cue words. In the OCD sample, the OC-relevance and valence of associations changed after therapy for personal cue words. This effect was associated with AS at statistical trend level.LIMITATIONS: No clinical control group was recruited; no inter-rater reliability was assessed for the association task.CONCLUSIONS: Further evidence for biased associative networks in OCD was found. Associations of individually chosen cue words proved to be modifiable by therapy.

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VL - 45

SP - 427

EP - 434

JO - J BEHAV THER EXP PSY

JF - J BEHAV THER EXP PSY

SN - 0005-7916

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