Disgust Emotion Regulation Through Imagery Communication Therapy:Study Of The Intervention In High Obsessive-Compulsive Tendency Individuals

Negative emotion is an important factor in the formation of obsessive-compulsive disorder, studies which aim to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder through by reducing their negative emotions are of high effectiveness. But cognitive intervention is still at the level of consciousness,from the subconscious level, individuals’ compulsive behavior often has its symbolic meaning and some deeper causes. But there are few studies in domestic field to investigate whether emotion intervention can lower individuals’ obsessive-compulsive symptom at the subconscious level.This study explored the characteristics of disgust emotion of high obsessive-compulsive individuals and the intervention effect of imagery communication therapy on their obsessive-compulsive symptom at the subconscious level.Study 1 investigated the relation between obsessive-compulsive symptom and disgust emotion by using questionnaire, which includes the PI scale for measuring obsessive-compulsive symptom and disgust scale for measuring disgust emotion,350 questionnaires were sent out and 305 were valid.The result showed that the dimension scores and overall score of PI were positively correlated with disgust scale score. Then according to PI scores, participants were divided into two groups (10% high obsessive-compulsive and 10% low obsessive-compulsive), and for the high group,magical thinking score, death score and overall score of disgust scale existed significant differences.In study 2, by means of imagery-communication therapy method,two groups’disgust emotion was induced under laboratory conditions, to compare the difference of emotional physiological reaction and subjective report between two groups. In emotion induce phase, the high groups’galvanic skin change is significantly higher than the low group.In study 3, the disgust emotion of the high group was moderated by imagery communication therapy,to indirectly intervene their obsessive-compulsive symptom. The study used 2 (time:before the test, after the test) x 2 (intervention conditions:the experimental group and the control group) mix design,to induce and moderate the disgust emotion of the high group,but do nothing about the control group,their PI scores were measured.After multi-factor repetitive measure analysis of variance, found that the main effect of overall score and pollution/washing were significant before and after the intervention in the high group,the main effect of intervention conditions was obvious, the interaction effect between time and intervention was obvious. The result showed that accept technique in imagery communication therapy is effective to reduce high obsessive-compulsive individuals’symptom byintervening their disgust emotion.Through three studies, results showed that(1), obsessive-compulsive symptom and disgust emotion has a positive relation, (2),when disgust emotion was induced,the high obsessive-compulsive group shows a stronger physiological and emotion reaction,(3),imagery communication therapy is effective to reduce high obsessive-compulsive individuals’ symptom by intervening their disgust emotion.The study providing a new perspective for the study of obsessive-compulsive disorder.