Fergus, Thomas A.Niehus, Katie2016-02-052016-02-052015http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9587Extending prior research on the relation between attachment to God and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, this study used a thought induction task and examined whether attachment to God contributed to anxiety, misappraisals, and neutralizing efforts following that task. A sample of undergraduate students (N = 106), who endorsed belief in God, a higher power, or a cosmic force, completed self report measures and performed a well-validated thought induction task. As predicted, anxious attachment to God correlated with anxiety following the thought-induction task. Anxious attachment to God continued to correlate with post-thought induction anxiety after controlling for pre-thought induction anxiety and religiosity. Although anxious attachment to God positively correlated with a desire to pray following the thought induction task, this correlation appeared attributable to religiosity. As expected, avoidant attachment to God generally did not relate to the criterion variables. Conceptual and therapeutic implications of these results are discussed, as well as future directions and limitations.en-USBaylor University projects are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.Attachment to God.Obsessive-compulsive disorder.Thought-action fusion.Scrupulosity.ThesisWorldwide access