Sivapalan Sanchayan, Asela Olupeliyawa, Madawa Chandratilake
Feedback practices in undergraduate clinical teaching in Sri Lanka - a qualitative study
BMC medical education
inferencebased approach iba one cognitive model aims explain aetiology maintenance obsessivecompulsive disorder ocd model proposes certain reasoning processes lead individual ocd confuse imagined possibility actual probability state termed inferential confusion one reasoning process inverse reasoning hypothetical causes form basis conclusions reality although previous research found associations selfreport measure inferential confusion ocd symptoms evidence specific association inverse reasoning ocd symptoms lacking present study developed taskbased measure inverse reasoning order investigate whether performance task associated ocd symptoms online sample results provide evidence iba assertion greater endorsement inverse reasoning significantly associated ocd symptoms even controlling general distress ocdrelated beliefs future research needed replicate result clinical sample investigate potential causal role inverse reasoning ocd