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    The document describes a questionnaire about thought control techniques. It lists 30 statements about strategies people use to control unpleasant or unwanted thoughts. Respondents are asked to indicate how often they use each technique by circling a number. The strategies include distraction, punishment, reappraisal, worry, and social control techniques.

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    The document describes a questionnaire about thought control techniques. It lists 30 statements about strategies people use to control unpleasant or unwanted thoughts. Respondents are asked to indicate how often they use each technique by circling a number. The strategies include distraction, punishment, reappraisal, worry, and social control techniques.

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    The document describes a questionnaire about thought control techniques. It lists 30 statements about strategies people use to control unpleasant or unwanted thoughts. Respondents are asked to indicate how often they use each technique by circling a number. The strategies include distraction, punishment, reappraisal, worry, and social control techniques.

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    The document describes a questionnaire about thought control techniques. It lists 30 statements about strategies people use to control unpleasant or unwanted thoughts. Respondents are asked to indicate how often they use each technique by circling a number. The strategies include distraction, punishment, reappraisal, worry, and social control techniques.

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    The document describes a Thought Control Questionnaire (TCQ) that assesses different techniques people use to control unpleasant or unwanted thoughts.

    The questionnaire aims to understand the techniques people generally use to control unpleasant or unwanted thoughts that occur in verbal or picture form.

    The questionnaire assesses 30 different techniques people may use to control unpleasant thoughts, such as calling to mind positive images, analyzing thoughts rationally, keeping busy, etc.

    THOUGHT CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE

    TCQ

    Developed by Adrian Wells & Mark Davies

    Age: Gender: M/F

    Most people experience unpleasant, and / or unwanted thoughts, (in verbal and / or picture form), which can be difficult to
    control. We are interested in the techniques that you generally use to control such thoughts.

    Below are a number of things that people do to control these thoughts. Please read each statement carefully, and indicate
    how often you use each technique by circling the appropriate number. There are no right or wrong answers. Do not spend
    too much time thinking about each one.

    When I experience an unpleasant / unwanted thought:

    NEVER SOMETIMES OFTEN ALMOST


    ALWAYS
    1. I call to mind positive images instead. 1 2 3 4

    2. I tell myself not to be so stupid. 1 2 3 4

    3. I focus on the thought. 1 2 3 4

    4. I replace the thought with a more trivial bad 1 2 3 4


    thought.
    5. I dont talk about the thought to anyone. 1 2 3 4

    6. I punish myself for thinking the thought. 1 2 3 4

    7. I dwell on other worries. 1 2 3 4

    8. I keep the thought to myself. 1 2 3 4

    9. I occupy myself with work instead. 1 2 3 4

    10 I challenge the thoughts validity. 1 2 3 4

    11. I get angry at myself for having the thought. 1 2 3 4


    12. I avoid discussing the thought. 1 2 3 4

    13. I shout at myself for having the thought. 1 2 3 4


    NEVER SOMETIMES OFTEN ALMOST
    ALWAYS
    14. I analyse the thought rationally. 1 2 3 4

    15. I slap or pinch myself to stop the thought. 1 2 3 4

    16. I think pleasant thoughts instead. 1 2 3 4

    17. I find out how my friends deal with these 1 2 3 4


    thoughts.
    18. I worry about more minor things instead. 1 2 3 4

    19. I do something that I enjoy. 1 2 3 4

    20. I try to reinterpret the thought. 1 2 3 4

    21. I think about something else. 1 2 3 4

    22. I think more about the more minor problems I 1 2 3 4


    have.
    23. I try a different way of thinking about it. 1 2 3 4

    24. I think about past worries instead. 1 2 3 4

    25. I ask my friends if they have similar thoughts. 1 2 3 4

    26. I focus on different negative thoughts. 1 2 3 4

    27. I question the reasons for having the thought. 1 2 3 4

    28. I tell myself that something bad will happen if I 1 2 3 4


    think the thought.
    29. I talk to a friend about the thought. 1 2 3 4

    30. I keep myself busy. 1 2 3 4

    Please check that you have responded to all of the items. Thank You.

    (1994)
    TCQ-SCORING KEY

    Enter the number given by the subject for each item in the relevant box below and then sum the scores to
    produce a subscale total.

    D P R W S

    1 2 3 4 5*

    9 6 10 7 8*

    16 11 14 18 12*

    19 13 20 22 17

    21 15 23 24 25

    30 28 27 26 29

    Total

    The subscales are:

    D = distraction; P = punishment; R = reappraisal; W = worry; S = social control

    *Reverse scored items (in the above S column: if the subject circ

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