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This is an idiographic self-report, that is based on previous self-discrepancies measures (Carver, Lawrence & Scheier, 1999; Ferrier & Brewin, 2005; Francis, Boldero & Sambell, 2006; Higgins, Bond, Klein & Strauman, 1986; Kinderman & Bentall, 1996) asks participants to generate 5 attributes they would use to describe the person they actually are (actual-self: describe in five words how you see yourself), would ideally like to be (ideal-self: describe in five words how you would like to be), should be or ought to be (ought-self to be: describe in five words how you should be), fear being or worry about being (feared self: describe in five words the sort of person you would be afraid to become) and they believe other people would use to describe them (other´s-actual self: describe in five words how you think the others see you). After this, they are asked to complete the following questions regarding the obsession and intrusion identified in the Semi-structured interview of obsessions and intrusive thoughts in OCD that were written with the patients’ own words in the self-report: Taking into account how you define yourself, do you think this thought (patients’ obsession/ intrusion is written here) says something about how you are?. (answer options: yes, no, I do not know). If the participant answers "yes", they are asked to explain in which way. And regarding the feared self: Taking into account the sort of person you would be afraid to become, do you think this thought (patients’ obsession/ intrusion is written here) gets you closer to that sort of person? (answer options: yes, no, I do not know). If the participant answers "yes", they are asked to explain in which way. In this study, we will focus on the questions regarding the actual and feared self and its relation with the obsessive and intrusive contents.
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