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Individual differences in thought suppression. The White Bear Suppression Inventory: Factor structure, reliability, validity and correlates

Muris, Peter, Merckelbach, Harald, Horselenberg, Robert·1996·Behaviour Research and Therapy

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The White Bear Suppression Inventory [WBSI; Wegner, D.M. & Zanakos, S. (1994), Journal of Personality, 62, 615-640] is a self-report questionnaire measuring people's general tendency to suppress unwanted negative thoughts. The current article describes two studies investigating the reliability, factor structure, validity, and correlates of the WBSI. Study 1 (n = 172) showed that the WBSI is a reliable instrument in terms of internal consistency and test-retest stability. Factor analyses of the WBSI revealed a 1-factor solution. Furthermore, the WBSI was found to correlate positively with measures of emotional vulnerability and psychopathological symptoms. In Study 2 (n = 40), the relationship between WBSI and levels of intrusive thinking was examined in more detail, using a thought suppression task. In general, results of this thought suppression experiment provided evidence for the validity of the WBSI. That is, subjects with high WBSI scores exhibited higher frequencies of unwanted intrusive thoughts than subjects with low WBSI scores.

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Authors: Muris, P., Merckelbach, H., & Horselenberg, R.
Corresponding author: Muris, Peter
ORCID: Muris, Peter
Merckelbach, Harald
Horselenberg, Robert
Venue: Behaviour Research and Therapy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1996-05
Volume: 34
Issue: 5-6
Pages: 501-513
ISSN: 0005-7967 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(96)00005-8
OpenAlex: W2003939947
Cited by: 281
References: 45
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 10
FWCI: 5.79
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Behaviour Research and Therapy (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion)
Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Mind wandering and attention
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords: thought suppression, White Bear Suppression Inventory, intrusive thoughts, individual differences, emotional vulnerability, psychiatric symptoms, factor structure, reliability statistics, validity
MeSH terms: Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Attention, Defense Mechanisms, Female, Humans, Individuality, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Repression, Psychology, Thinking, Reproducibility of Results

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