title: A Comparison of Manifestations and Impact of Reassurance Seeking among Japanese Individuals with OCD and Depression.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  One of the most common interpersonal reactions to threat and anxiety is to seek reassurance from a trusted person. The Reassurance Seeking Questionnaire (ReSQ) measures several key aspects of reassurance seeking behaviour, including frequency, trust of sources, intensity, carefulness, and the emotional consequences of reassurance seeking.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The current study compares patterns and consequences of reassurance seeking in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression.
  
  
  METHODS
  ReSQ scores were compared for three groups: 32 individuals with OCD, 17 individuals with depression, and 24 healthy comparison participants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found that individuals with OCD tended to seek reassurance more intensely and employ self-reassurance more frequently than individuals with depression or healthy participants, and that if reassurance was not provided, they tended to feel a greater urge to seek additional reassurance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study is the first to quantitatively elucidate differences in reassurance seeking between OCD and depression.
authors.affiliation: Chiba University,Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kobori
authors.affiliation: University of Tsukuba,Japan.
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawamiya
authors.affiliation: Chiba University,Japan.
authors.forename: Masaomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iyo
authors.affiliation: Chiba University,Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Obsessive-compulsive disorder; cognitive model; depression; reassurance seeking