Chronic thought suppression and obsessionality: the relationships between the White Bear Suppression Inventory and two inventories of obsessive-compulsive symptoms

The relationships between chronic thought suppression measured with the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI) [Wegner, D. M., & Zanakos, S. (1994). Chronic thought suppression. Journal of Personality, 62, 615–640] and different aspects of obsessive-compulsive symptoms measured with the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory and the Obsessive-Compulsive Thoughts Checklist were investigated in a student population. It was hypothesized that (1) chronic thought suppression was more strongly related to obsessive than compulsive symptoms and (2) chronic thought suppression was more strongly related to obsessive thoughts about responsibility than other kinds of obsessions. Partial support was found for the hypotheses.