Validation of the White Bear Suppression Inventory for the Mexican population
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https://doi.org/10.35670/1667-4545.v23.n2.42075Keywords:
thought suppression, White Bear Suppression Inventory, intrusive thoughts, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Mexican populationAbstract
Thought suppression is the general tendency to suppress unwanted, negative thoughts and the inability to ignore unwanted intrusive thoughts. The purpose of this study was to develop a translated version of the White Bear Suppression Inventory (WBSI) that is reliable and valid in a Mexican sample. A back-to-back translation of the WBSI was made, and the WBSI- Mexican Version (WBSI-MV) was administered to a sample of 346 undergraduate students enrolled at university in northern Mexico. Support was found for a two-factor solution, with factors labeled intrusion and suppression, which is consistent with previous research. Furthermore, support was found for the validity of the WBSI-MV, as both subscales were considered to be significantly and positively associated with measures of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and thought-action fusion. Overall, the WBSI-MV proved to be a valid measure that can be used to assess suppressive and intrusive thoughts in the Mexican population.
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