Table 3.
Within-subject differences in the thought control strategies used to manage the four most upsetting unwanted mental intrusions (UMIs).
| UMIs | Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | F (df) | η2p | M (SD) | F (df) | η2p | |
| Do nothing (Women: n = 179; Men: n = 48) | ||||||
| OCD-related | 2.55 (1.17) | 0.35 (3, 534) | .002 | 2.39 (1.18) | 0.72 (3, 141) | .015 |
| BDD-related | 2.46 (1.24) | 2.14 (1.25) | ||||
| HYP-related | 2.48 (1.19) | 2.45 (1.11) | ||||
| EDs-related | 2.54 (1.17) | 2.37 (1.21) | ||||
| Stop thinking (Women: n = 178; Men: n = 40) | ||||||
| OCD-related | 2.11 (1.32)a | 7.38 (3, 531)** | .40 | 1.89 (1.25) | 0.69 (3, 141) | .015 |
| BDD-related | 1.91 (1.22)ab | 2.04 (1.07) | ||||
| HYP-related | 2.14 (1.29)a | 1.83 (1.31) | ||||
| EDs-related | 1.71 (1.26)b | 1.77 (1.18) | ||||
| Overt/covert behaviors (Women: n = 181; Men: n = 48) | ||||||
| OCD-related | 1.53 (1.42)a | 4.64 (3, 540)* | .02 | 1.41 (1.33) | 0.69 (3,14) | .015 |
| BDD-related | 1.29 (1.34)ab | 1.29 (1.2) | ||||
| HYP-related | 1.59 (1.4)a | 1.25 (1.22) | ||||
| EDs-related | 1.28 (1.26)b | 1.14 (1.28) | ||||
| Self-punishment (Women: n = 181; Men: n = 47) | ||||||
| OCD-related | 1.55 (1.37)a | 3.46 (3, 540)* | .01 | 1.36 (1.29) | 0.38 (3, 138) | .008 |
| BDD-related | 1.56 (1.33)a | 1.38 (1.15) | ||||
| HYP-related | 1.82 (1.39)b | 1.44 (1.33) | ||||
| EDs-related | 1.54 (1.33)a | 1.23 (1.06) | ||||
| Reassurance (Women: n = 179; Men: n = 46) | ||||||
| OCD-related | 1.36 (1.31) | 1.45 (3, 534) | .008 | 1.30 (1.11) | 3.79 (3, 135)* | .078 |
| BDD-related | 1.39 (1.37) | 1.10 (1.13) | ||||
| HYP-related | 1.49 (1.34) | 1.65 (1.46) | ||||
| EDs-related | 1.28 (1.29) | 1.02 (1.22) | ||||
Note. Superscripts a,b,c,d indicate post-hoc within-group differences (Bonferroni). Same superscript indicates no differences; different superscripts differ significantly at p ≤ .05. OCD: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; BDD: Body Dysmorphic Disorder; HYP: Hypochondriasis; EDs: Eating Disorders.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.