Paradoxical Effects of Thought Suppression¶
Wegner, D. M., Schneider, D. J., Carter, S. R., & White, T. L. (1987). Paradoxical Effects of Thought Suppression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53(1), 5-13.
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Domain-specific¶
- Thought Suppression
- The original white-bear and social-category experiments studied instructed versions of this operation; their reported outcomes are evidence about particular tasks, rather than conditions for the operation to exist.
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- The original white-bear and social-category experiments studied instructed versions of this operation; their reported outcomes are evidence about particular tasks, rather than conditions for the operation to exist.
Mechanisms¶
- Negation-to-Affirmation Rewrite
- Ironic-process rebound is real
This sourceFinds that suppressing a thought can increase its later recurrence—a measurable rebound effect.
- Ironic-process rebound is real
- Rebound Debrief
- Naming the mechanism helps — ironic process theory shows that actively holding a thought or urge down can increase its later intrusion, which is why "shield harder" is so often exactly the wrong response to a rebound.
This sourceReports a rebound effect in which a deliberately suppressed thought recurs more frequently after the suppression instruction is relaxed.
- Naming the mechanism helps — ironic process theory shows that actively holding a thought or urge down can increase its later intrusion, which is why "shield harder" is so often exactly the wrong response to a rebound.
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