Magical Thinking: How Important Is It in Explaining Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? A Transcultural Exploration of Magical Thinking and OCD in India and Australia

This PhD is a mixed-method project of four interrelated studies that explores the importance of magical thinking in explaining obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms with a transcultural perspective, between India (holistic-thinking culture) and Australia (analytic-thinking culture). Findings position m...

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Main Author: Barkataki, Bristi
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76184
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description This PhD is a mixed-method project of four interrelated studies that explores the importance of magical thinking in explaining obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms with a transcultural perspective, between India (holistic-thinking culture) and Australia (analytic-thinking culture). Findings position magical thinking as a unique and important construct implicated in the pathogenesis of OC symptoms. It adds a new facet to the existing cognitive dysfunction model of OCD and warrants more attention, for both theoretical and clinical advancement.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-761842021-08-27T00:29:05Z Magical Thinking: How Important Is It in Explaining Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? A Transcultural Exploration of Magical Thinking and OCD in India and Australia Barkataki, Bristi This PhD is a mixed-method project of four interrelated studies that explores the importance of magical thinking in explaining obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms with a transcultural perspective, between India (holistic-thinking culture) and Australia (analytic-thinking culture). Findings position magical thinking as a unique and important construct implicated in the pathogenesis of OC symptoms. It adds a new facet to the existing cognitive dysfunction model of OCD and warrants more attention, for both theoretical and clinical advancement. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76184 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Barkataki, Bristi
Magical Thinking: How Important Is It in Explaining Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? A Transcultural Exploration of Magical Thinking and OCD in India and Australia
title Magical Thinking: How Important Is It in Explaining Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? A Transcultural Exploration of Magical Thinking and OCD in India and Australia
title_full Magical Thinking: How Important Is It in Explaining Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? A Transcultural Exploration of Magical Thinking and OCD in India and Australia
title_fullStr Magical Thinking: How Important Is It in Explaining Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? A Transcultural Exploration of Magical Thinking and OCD in India and Australia
title_full_unstemmed Magical Thinking: How Important Is It in Explaining Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? A Transcultural Exploration of Magical Thinking and OCD in India and Australia
title_short Magical Thinking: How Important Is It in Explaining Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? A Transcultural Exploration of Magical Thinking and OCD in India and Australia
title_sort magical thinking: how important is it in explaining obsessive-compulsive symptoms? a transcultural exploration of magical thinking and ocd in india and australia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76184