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Feliu-Soler A, Pérez-Aranda A, Montero-Marín J, Herrera-Mercadal P, Andrés-Rodríguez L, Angarita-Osorio N, Williams AD, Luciano JV. Fifteen Years Controlling Unwanted Thoughts: A Systematic Review of the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ). Front Psychol 2019; 10:1446. [PMID: 31275218 PMCID: PMC6593181 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Thought control ability is a vulnerability factor implicated in the etiology and maintenance of emotional disorders. This manuscript aims to systematically review the use and psychometric performance of the Thought Control Ability Questionnaire (TCAQ), designed to assess people's ability to control unwanted thoughts. Three electronic databases were searched for papers administering the TCAQ published in indexed peer-reviewed journals. Data (participants characteristics, country, study design, etc.) were extracted from the results for qualitative synthesis. The TCAQ's content validity, dimensionality, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, convergent/divergent validity, floor/ceiling effects, and interpretability were summarized. Two reviewers independently screened articles and assessed quality taking COSMIN criteria into account. Finally, the review included 17 papers. The TCAQ has been administered to healthy individuals, students, and adult patients, in six languages from nine countries. We found that the TCAQ, and its shorter versions, demonstrate robust reliability and adequate content validity. Of interest is the TCAQ's capacity to predict performance in diverse experimental tasks focused on thought control. The TCAQ unidimensionality has been supported in exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Regarding construct validity, the TCAQ is significantly related to a wide range of psychopathological measures of anxiety, worry, depression, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, etc. However, as only a few of the included studies had a longitudinal design, we are unable to draw firm conclusions about the measure's temporal stability. Moreover, psychometric aspects such as factorial invariance across different samples have not been analyzed. Despite these limitations, based on available psychometric evidence we can recommend using the TCAQ for measuring perceived control of unwanted thoughts.
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Affiliation(s)
- Albert Feliu-Soler
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain.,Teaching, Research and Innovation Unit-Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, St. Boi de Llobregat, Spain.,Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP), Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain.,Teaching, Research and Innovation Unit-Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, St. Boi de Llobregat, Spain.,Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP), Madrid, Spain
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- Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP), Madrid, Spain.,Dharamsala Institute of Mindfulness and Psychotherapy, Zaragoza, Spain.,Aragon Institute for Health Research (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain.,Teaching, Research and Innovation Unit-Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, St. Boi de Llobregat, Spain.,Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP), Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain.,Teaching, Research and Innovation Unit-Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, St. Boi de Llobregat, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain.,Teaching, Research and Innovation Unit-Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, St. Boi de Llobregat, Spain.,Primary Care Prevention and Health Promotion Research Network (RedIAPP), Madrid, Spain
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Rodríguez-Martín BC, Innamorati M, Imperatori C, Fabbricatore M, Harnic D, Janiri L, Rivas-Suárez SR. Eating Behaviors in Cuban Adults: Results from an Exploratory Transcultural Study. Front Psychol 2016; 7:1455. [PMID: 27725806 PMCID: PMC5036308 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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This study aims to investigate eating behaviors in Cuban adults and compare them with those of a developed Western country, Italy. The study also aimed to determine the overall accuracy of a predictive model intended to define variables which could be used to discriminate between nationalities. Participants were 283 normal weight individuals from Cuba (n = 158) and Italy (n = 125). Italians had higher scores for restrained eating on the questionnaire than Cubans with a considerable effect size. This trend was also found for emotional eating and binge eating, as well as number of current dieters, despite the fact that effect sizes were small. On the other hand, Cubans, when compared to Italians reported higher scores for food thought suppression with reward responsiveness and restrained eating emerging as significant predictors of between-country differences. To conclude, eating behaviors in Cubans could be different from those reported in European countries, perhaps as a consequence of Cuba's recent history.
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- Department of Human Sciences, Università Europea di RomaRome, Italy
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- Bipolar Disorders Unit, Psychiatric Day Hospital, Catholic University of Sacred HeartRome, Italy
- Policlinico Universitario Agostino GemelliRome, Italy
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- Bipolar Disorders Unit, Psychiatric Day Hospital, Catholic University of Sacred HeartRome, Italy
- Policlinico Universitario Agostino GemelliRome, Italy
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- Department of Morphophysiology, Medical University of Villa Clara “Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”Santa Clara, Cuba
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Barnes RD, Ivezaj V, Grilo CM. Food Thought Suppression Inventory: Test-retest reliability and relationship to weight loss treatment outcomes. Eat Behav 2016; 22:93-95. [PMID: 27112114 PMCID: PMC5161461 DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2016.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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This study examined the test-retest reliability of the Food Thought Suppression Inventory (FTSI) and its relationship with weight loss during weight loss treatment. Participants were 89 adults with and without binge eating disorder (BED) recruited through primary care for weight loss treatment who completed the FTSI twice prior to starting treatment. Intra-class correlations for the FTSI ranged from .74-.93. Participants with BED scored significantly higher on the FTSI than those without BED at baseline only. Percent weight loss from baseline to mid-treatment was significantly negatively correlated with the FTSI at baseline and at post-treatment. Participants reaching 5% loss of original body weight by post-treatment had significantly lower FTSI scores at post assessment when compared to those who did not reach this weight loss goal. While baseline binge-eating episodes were significantly positively correlated with baseline FTSI scores, change in binge-eating episodes during treatment were not significantly related to FTSI scores. The FTSI showed satisfactory one week test-retest reliability. Higher levels of food thought suppression may impair individuals' ability to lose weight while receiving weight loss treatment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rachel D. Barnes
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, United States,Corresponding author at: Yale School of Medicine, 301 Cedar Street, 2nd Floor, New Haven, CT 06519, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, United States,Department of Psychology, Yale University, United States
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