Attentional Bias and Emotional Responses of Individuals with Heightened Tendencies Toward Obsessive Cleaning: Examining the Effects of Thought–Action Fusion

This study explored the attentional bias of individuals with heightened tendencies toward obsessive cleaning under conditions involving thought–action fusion. Individuals with the aforementioned tendencies (n = 40) exhibited a significant attentional bias toward positive emotional stimuli after the induction of thought–action fusion. Additionally, their negative emotional states significantly intensified.