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<p>The feared self, the self that a person fears they might be or become, has been increasingly shown to drive the development and maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, there is little empirical research on how this feared self develops. Aardema and Wong’s cognitive-behavioural theory of OCD proposes that negative early life experiences (e.g., childhood trauma) can disrupt healthy self-concept development, leading to an ambivalent self-concept and the feared self, and consequently OCD symptoms. We investigated these hypothesised relationships using a cross-sectional design and online self-report with non-clinical participants (<i>N</i> = 242). Data was analysed using path analysis which indicated multiple significant indirect effects. Self-reported experiences of authoritarian parenting and negative perceptions of pubertal timing significantly predicted greater OCD symptom severity through self-ambivalence and the corrupted feared self. These findings suggest that certain negative early life experiences could be associated with OCD symptoms through its effects on self-concepts.</p>

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Ambivalent self-concept and feared self mediates the relationship between negative early life experiences and obsessive-compulsive symptoms

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    2026年5月23日

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  • Isabella Gomez,
  • Michaela Peck,
  • Mathew D. Marques,
  • Maja Nedeljkovic,
  • Jessica R. Grisham,
  • Ritika Sukhani,
  • Shiu Fung Wong

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The feared self, the self that a person fears they might be or become, has been increasingly shown to drive the development and maintenance of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, there is little empirical research on how this feared self develops. Aardema and Wong’s cognitive-behavioural theory of OCD proposes that negative early life experiences (e.g., childhood trauma) can disrupt healthy self-concept development, leading to an ambivalent self-concept and the feared self, and consequently OCD symptoms. We investigated these hypothesised relationships using a cross-sectional design and online self-report with non-clinical participants (N = 242). Data was analysed using path analysis which indicated multiple significant indirect effects. Self-reported experiences of authoritarian parenting and negative perceptions of pubertal timing significantly predicted greater OCD symptom severity through self-ambivalence and the corrupted feared self. These findings suggest that certain negative early life experiences could be associated with OCD symptoms through its effects on self-concepts.