Browsing Waterloo Research by Author "Merritt, Olivia"
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Context matters: criticism and accommodation by close others associated with treatment attitudes in those with anxiety
Merritt, Olivia; Rowa, Karen; Purdon, Christine (Cambridge University Press, 2022-08-26)Background: Many people with anxiety do not seek therapy due to negative views of treatment. Although close others (e.g. romantic partners, family members, close friends) are highly involved in treatment decisions, the ... -
Criticism and accommodation are associated with treatment concerns in close others to those with anxiety
Merritt, Olivia; Rowa, Karen; Purdon, Christine (British Psychological Society, 2022-10-18)Objectives. Those close to people with mental health difficulties (e.g., family members, romantic partners and close friends) are often involved in their care decisions. Research shows that criticism by close others and ... -
Fear of compassion is associated with treatment ambivalence and negative expectations for treatment in people with anxiety
Merritt, Olivia; Purdon, Christine (British Psychological Society, 2021-06-12)Objectives. Fears of compassion are hypothesized to be associated with treatment attitudes, but this relationship has not yet been explored. Methods. Measures of fear of compassion and treatment expectations and ambivalence ... -
How do close others to those with anxiety feel about treatment? Development and validation of the Treatment Concerns Questionnaire - Close Others
Merritt, Olivia; Rowa, Karen; Purdon, Christine (Springer, 2022-07-19)Background. The close others (e.g., family members, romantic partners) of people with anxiety and related disorders are typically involved in their treatment decisions. However, we know little about close others’ attitudes ... -
Scared of compassion: Fear of compassion in anxiety, mood, and non-clinical groups
Merritt, Olivia; Purdon, Christine (British Psychological Society, 2020-05-04)Objectives. Fear of receiving compassion from others, expressing compassion to others, and being compassionate towards oneself have been identified as potentially important factors in the persistence of depression, stress ... -
Visual attention to threat during stove-checking in people high in checking behaviour
Merritt, Olivia; Purdon, Christine (Elsevier ScienceDirect, 2022-10)Leading models of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) state that hypervigilance to threat is a factor in compulsion persistence; however, previous research on attention deployment in OCD is mixed. The current study examines ...