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Incentive to Suppress a Neutral Thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Hélène Letarte ,
Robert Ladouceur ,
Mark Freeston  and
Josée Rhéaume
Hélène Letarte
Affiliation:
Université Laval, Québec
Robert Ladouceur
Affiliation:
Université Laval, Québec
Mark Freeston
Affiliation:
Université Laval, Québec
Josée Rhéaume
Affiliation:
Université Laval, Québec
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Abstract

A suppression-mention task was used to evaluate the influence of increasing the incentive to suppress on subsequent enhancement and/or rebound effects. The experimental group suppressed neutral thoughts with a financial incentive for performance. A bogus pipeline was used to control for honesty. Two control groups, one with the bogus pipeline and one without, were asked to suppress the thought without the possibility of financial reward contingent on performance. Results showed that the group with a possible financial reward, although more successful in suppressing the thought, were still unable to suppress the thought. No enhancement or rebound effects were observed.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1997 , pp. 219 - 229
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1997

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