Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
4-2017
Publisher
Elsevier
Source Publication
Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
Source ISSN
2211-3649
Abstract
Although research has consistently linked unidimensional anxiety with Trichotillomania (TTM) severity, the relationships between TTM severity and anxiety dimensions (e.g., cognitive and somatic anxiety) are unknown. This knowledge gap limits current TTM conceptualization and treatment. The present study examined these relationships with data collected from ninety-one adults who participated in a randomized clinical trial for TTM treatment. Based on prior research, it was hypothesized that TTM severity would be related to the cognitive anxiety dimension and that psychological inflexibility would mediate the association. Hypotheses were not made regarding the relationship between TTM severity and somatic anxiety. Regression analyses indicated that only cognitive dimensions of anxiety predicted TTM severity and that psychological inflexibility mediated this relationship. Implications for the conceptualization and treatment of TTM are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Alexander, Jennifer R.; Houghton, David C.; Twohig, Michael P.; Franklin, Martin E.; Saunders, Stephen M.; Neal-Barnett, Angela M.; Compton, Scott N.; and Woods, Douglas W., "Clarifying the Relationship Between Trichotillomania and Anxiety" (2017). Psychology Faculty Research and Publications. 282.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/psych_fac/282
Comments
Accepted version. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Vol. 13 (April 2017): 30-34. DOI. © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Used with permission.