Exploring the Role of Implicit Cognition in the Context of Disgust in Individuals With and Without a Diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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The current thesis delineates a programme of research that utilised the
\nImplicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) as a means of measuring relational responding that is relevant to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). A total of ten studies were conducted with both clinical and non-clinical adult participants (N = 344). Specifically, the research began with the assessment of relating behaviour pertaining to disgust propensity (initial feeling of disgust) and disgust sensitivity (appraisal of the initial feeling) and sought to determine whether this behaviour was relevant to obsessive-compulsive tendencies and overt avoidance behaviour (n=33). Disgust sensitivity was found to predict avoidance behaviour while disgust propensity was not, whereas both propensity and sensitivity were related to obsessive-compulsive tendencies (obsessing and washing concerns respectively). In order to further develop and refine the IRAP as a measure of OCD, Chapter 3 outlined two studies that aim

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