Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
+ 2024
Sandstrom, A. & Radomsky, A.S. (2024). Beliefs about losing control and other OCD-related cognitions: An experimental investigation. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 82, 101919. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101919.
Radomsky, A.S., Ouellet-Courtois, C., Golden, E., Senn, J.M., Parrish, C.L. (2024). Putting things right: An experimental investigation of memory biases related to symmetry, ordering and arranging behaviour. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 82, 101914. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2023.101914.
Kelly-Turner, K. & Radomsky, A.S. (2024). At the mercy of myself: A thematic analysis of beliefs about losing control. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 97, 271-287. doi.org/10.1111/papt.12515.
Sandstrom, A., Krause, S., Ouellet-Courtois, C., Kelly-Turner, K. & Radomsky, A.S. (2024). What's control got to do with it? A systematic review of control beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical Psychology Review, 107, 102372. doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102372.
+ 2023
Alcolado, G.M., & Radomsky, A.S. (2023). The Beliefs about Memory Inventory (BAMI) and its ability to predict compulsive checking.. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 47, 140-154. doi.org/10.1007/s10608-022-10340-x
Ouellet-Courtois, C. & Radomsky, A.S. (2023). Can immorality be contracted? Appraisals of moral disgust and contamination fear. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 104336. doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104336.
Krause, S. & Radomsky, A.S. (2023). An experimental investigation of moral self-violation and mental contamination. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 47. doi.org/10.1007/s10608-023-10388-3.
+ 2022
Kelly-Turner, K. & Radomsky, A.S. (2022). Always saying the wrong thing: Negative beliefs about losing control cause symptoms of social anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 46 (6). doi.org/10.1007/s10608-022-10325-w.
Radomsky, A.S. (2022). The fear of losing control. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 77, 101768. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2022.101768.
Krause, S., Ouellet-Courtois, C., Sandstrom, A. & Radomsky, A.S. (2022). Thinking about disgust: Cognitive processes mediate the associations between disgust proneness and OCD symptom domains. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 15 (3). doi.org/10.1007/s41811-022-00138-w.
Radomsky, A.S., Alcolado, G.M., Dugas, M.J. & Lavoie, S.L. (2022). Responsibility, probability, and severity of harm: An experimental investigation of cognitive factors associated with checking-related OCD. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 150, 104034. doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104034.
+ 2021
Krause, S. & Radomsky, A.S. (2021). "Was I asking for it?" An experimental investigation of perceived responsibility, mental contamination, and workplace sexual harassment. Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 71, 101633. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2020.101633.
Gagné, J-.P., Radomsky, A.S., O'Connor, R.M. (2021). Manipulating alcohol expectancies in social anxiety: A focus on beliefs about losing control. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45. doi.org/10.1007/s10608-020-10165-6.
Radomsky, A.S., Neal, R.L., Parrish, C.L., Lavoie, S.L. & Schell, S.E. (2021). The Covert and Overt Reassurance Seeking Inventory (CORSI): Development, validation and psychometric analyses. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 49(1). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465820000703
+ 2020
Gagné, J-.P., Radomsky, A.S. (2020). Beliefs about losing control, obsessions, and caution: An experimental investigation. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 126, 103574. doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2020.103574
Krause, S., Wong, S., Giraldo-O’Meara, M., Aardema, F., & Radomsky, A.S. (2020). It’s not so much about what you touch: Mental contamination mediates the relationship between feared self-perceptions and contact contamination. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 25, 100507. doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100507
Radomsky, A.S., & Gagné, J.-P. (2020). The development and validation of the Beliefs about Losing Control Inventory (BALCI). Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 49(2), 97-112. doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2019.1614978
Radomsky, A.S., Giraldo-O’Meara, M., Wong, S.F., M., Dugas, M.J., Gelfand, L.A., Rachman, S., Schell, S., Senn, J.M., Shafran, R., & Whittal, M.L. (2020). Cognitive therapy for compulsive checking in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A pilot trial. Psychiatry Research, 286, 112850. doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112850
Radomsky, A.S., Wong, S.F., Giraldo-O’Meara, M., Dugas, M.J., Gelfand, L.A., Myhr, G., Schell, S., Senn, J.M., Shafran, R., & Whittal, M.L. (2020). When it’s at: An examination of when cognitive change occurs during cognitive therapy for compulsive checking in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 67, 101442. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2018.12.003
+ 2019
Leonhart, M.W., & Radomsky, A.S. (2019). Responsibility causes reassurance seeking, too: An experimental investigation. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 20, 66-74. doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2017.10.005
Neal, R.L., & Radomsky, A.S. (2019). How do I say this? An experimental comparison of the effects of partner feedback styles on reassurance seeking behaviour. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43, 748-758. doi.org/10.1007/s10608-019-10007-0
Ouimet, A.J., Ashbaugh, A.R., & Radomsky, A.S. (2019). Hoping for more: How cognitive science has and hasn’t been helpful to the OCD clinician. Clinical Psychology Review, 69, 14-29. doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.04.003
Poli, A., Melli, G., & Radomsky, A.S. (2019). Different disgust domains specifically relate to mental and contact contamination fear in obsessive-compulsive disorder: Evidence from a path analytic model in an Italian clinical sample. Behavior Therapy, 50(2), 380-394. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2018.07.006
Radomsky, A.S., Wong, S.F., Dussault, D., Gilchrist, P.T., & Tesolin, S.B. (2019). Prediction errors in depression: A quasi-experimental analysis. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 33(4), 320-330. doi:10.1891/0889-8391.33.4.320
+ 2018
Aardema, F., Moulding, R., Melli, G., Radomsky, A.S., Doron, G., Audet, J.-S., Lalonde, M. (2018). The role of feared possible selves in obsessive-compulsive and related disorders: A comparative analysis of a core cognitive self-construct in clinical samples. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 25, e19-e29. doi:10.1002/cpp.2121
Gagné, J.-P., Kelly-Turner, K., & Radomsky, A.S., (2018). From the laboratory to the clinic (and back again): How experiments have informed cognitive-behaviour therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, (October-December), 1-22. doi.org/10.1177/2043808718810030
Kazantzis, N., Dattilio, F.M., McGinn, L.K., Persons, J.B., & Radomsky, A.S. (2018). Defining the role and function of the therapeutic relationship in cognitive behavioral therapy: A modified Delphi panel. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 11(2), 158-183. doi:10.1007/s41811-018-0014-0
Radomsky, A.S., Coughtrey, A., Shafran, R., & Rachman, S. (2018). Abnormal and normal mental contamination. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 17, 46-51. doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2017.08.011
Senn, J.M., & Radomsky, A.S. (2018). Too much, too little, or just right? Does the amount of distraction make a difference during contamination-related exposure? Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 59, 1-11. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2017.10.004
+ 2017
Gagné, J.-P., & Radomsky, A.S. (2017). Manipulating beliefs about losing control causes checking behaviour. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 15, 34-42. doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2017.08.013
Ouimet, A.J., Bahl, N., & Radomsky, A.S. (2017). Thinking high but feeling low: An exploratory cluster analysis investigating how ‘implicit’ and ‘explicit’ spider fear co-vary. Cognition and Emotion, 31(7), 1333-1344. doi:10.1080/02699931.2016.1223019
+ 2016
Chiang, B., Purdon, C., & Radomsky, A.S. (2016). Development and initial validation of the Fear of Guilt Scale for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 11, 63-73. doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2016.08.006
Toffolo, M.B.J., van den Hout, M., Radomsky, A.S., & Engelhard, I.M. (2016). Check, check, double check: Investigating memory deterioration within multiple sessions of repeated checking. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 53, 59-67. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.09.001
Alcolado, G.M., & Radomsky, A.S. (2016). A novel cognitive intervention for compulsive checking: Targeting maladaptive beliefs about memory. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 53, 75-83. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.02.009
Levy, H.C., & Radomsky, A.S. (2016). Are all safety behaviours created equal? A comparison of novel and routinely-used safety behaviors in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 45(5), 367-379. doi:10.1080/16506073.2016.1184712
Levy, H.C., & Radomsky, A.S. (2016). It’s the who not the when: An investigation of safety behaviour fading in exposure to contamination. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 39, 21-29. doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2016.02.006
+ 2015
Levy, H.C., & Radomsky, A.S. (2015). Validation of a self-report measure of self-efficacy in contamination fear: The Contamination Self-Efficacy Scale (CSES). Cognitive Therapy and Research, 39(4), 542-551. doi:10.1007/s10608-015-9678-4
Melli, G., Carraresi, C., Stopani, E., Radomsky, A.S., & Bulli, F. (2015). Factor structure and temporal stability of the Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory – Mental Contamination Scale (VOCI-MC) and psychometric properties of its Italian version. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 58, 198-204. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.12.017
Milosevic, I., Levy, H.C., Alcolado, G.M., & Radomsky, A.S. (2015). The Treatment Acceptability/Adherence Scale: Moving beyond the assessment of treatment effectiveness. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 44(6), 456-469. doi:10.1080/16506073.2015.1053407
Neal, R.L., & Radomsky, A.S. (2015). An experimental investigation of contamination-related reassurance seeking: Familiar versus unfamiliar others. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 49(Part B), 188-194. doi:10.1016/j.jbtep.2015.03.014
Ouellet-Courtois, C., Coelho, J.S., Radomsky, A.S., Israël, M., & Steiger, H. (2015). A feeling you can’t let go: Temporal stability of thought-shape fusion in individuals with eating disorders and differences in susceptibility. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 39(5), 678-687. doi:10.1007/s10608-015-9691-7
Senn, J.M., & Radomsky, A.S. (2015). Measuring beliefs about distraction: Might the function of distraction matter more than distraction itself? Cognitive Therapy and Research, 39(6), 826-840. doi: 10.1007/s10608-015-9703-7
Yorulmaz, O., Inozu, M., Clark, D.A., & Radomsky, A.S. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised in a Turkish analogue sample. Psychological Reports: Measures & Statistics, 117(3), 1-13. doi:10.2466/08.PR0.117c25z4
Media Appearances
2023 (January 25) - CTV News at Noon with Mitsumi Takahashi: Stress and Anxiety: When to ask for help
2022 (November 8) - CTV News at Noon with Mitsumi Takahashi: The Fear of Losing Control
2019 (May 23) - Science Daily: Obsessive-compulsive disorder research needs more focus on patients, new study asserts
2018 (March 13) - Radio Canada International: Don't fret, your anxieties can be dealt if you treat them right
2018 (March 2) - Montreal Gazette: New modes of therapy help people cope with loss or anxiety
2018 (February 1) - Agence Science Presse: TOC: Craignez-vous de perdre le contrôle?
2018 (January 3) - CTV News at Noon with Mitsumi Takahashi: It's all about control: When OCD takes over
2017 (December 25) - El Diario de Coahuila: El miedo a perder el control podría provocar comportamientos obsesivos
2017 (December 17) - Medical News Today: Yes, you've locked the door: What drives your checking habit?
2017 (December 14) - Psych Central: Apprehension over loss of control may fuel anxiety disorders
2017 (December 14) - Guy Counseling: Fear of losing control may worsen anxiety disorders
2017 (December 13) - Municipal Information Network: Concordia University - Findings may further treatment of OCD, panic attacks, social phobia and more
2017 (December 13) - AMEQ en Ligne: Université Concordia - Les résultats d'une étude pourraient faire progresser le traitement du TOC, des attaques de panique, de la phobie sociale et d'autres troubles anxieux
2017 (December 13) - Science NewsLine: The fear of losing control and its role in anxiety disorders
2017 (December 13) - Science Daily: Fear of losing control and its role in anxiety disorders
2017 (December 13) - SciencMag: The fear of losing control and its role In anxiety disorders
2017 (December 13) - Medical Xpress: The fear of losing control and its role in anxiety disorders
2017 (December 12) - Concordia University News: The fear of losing control - and its role in anxiety disorders
2017 (November 20) - Babe: Do you have intrusive thoughts? That nagging fear you left the stove on is just terrifying
2017 (September 7) - Health Care News: De Meeste Mensen Hebben Van Ongewenste Gedachten, Internationale Studie Vindt
2017 (June 17) - International Business Times: How to calm your anxiety and OCD
2017 (June 17) - US News: How to calm your anxiety and OCD
2017 (June 15) - CTV News at Noon with Mitsumi Takahashi: Coping with anxiety can make you anxious
2016 (June 29) - US News World Report: Intrusive thoughts: Normal or not?
2016 (June 29) - Yahoo News Finance: Intrusive thoughts: Normal or not?
2016 (May 22) - Nooga.com: Fresh and Fit: 3 keys to making stress work for you and not against you
2016 (May 18 & 19) - How to calm down: "Safety Behaviours" may ease anxiety, OCD symptoms if combined with right treatment. Covered in:
Medical Daily
MSN Lifestyle
Carlisle Wellness Network
Bright Surf
Canada Standard
The Economic Times of India
Hindustan Times
Can-India
Science Daily
Science Newsline
Digital Journal
Psych Central
Medical Xpress
Sify News
Science Direct
The Health Site
Business Standard
The Free Press Journal
The Statesman
New Kerala
Vishwa Gujarat
Prothom Alo2016 (May 18) - Concordia University News: How to calm an anxious mind
2014 (May 9) - HealthDay: Most people have unwanted thoughts, international study finds
2014 (April 12) - Healthline: Do we all have a little OCD?
2014 (April 8) - Science Daily: Surprising truth about obsessive-compulsive thinking
2013 (October 7) (updated March 25, 2017) - The Globe and Mail: This unique psychotherapy practice offers sessions with three therapists at the same time
2013 (May 22) - Health Canal: New advances in cognitive behavioural therapy
2013 (February 6) - CNW Telbec: Bell's $500,000 donation improves access to mental health therapy
2013 (February 5) - Concordia University Magazine: Untangling the web of fear
2012 (May 1) - The Atlantic: 5 very specific ways to fix your OCD
2009 - Café Scientifique: How much is too much worry and anxiety?
2008 (September) - Anxiety Canada Public Service Announcement
2008 (April) - Anxiety BC: Panic Disorder
2007 (February 8) - Concordia Journal: Anxiety studied as experienced
2007 (September) - OCD UK: An Audience with Dr. Radomsky
2007 (September) - British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) podcast: Interview with Adam Radomsky
2006 (March 8) - Psychology Today article: The dangers of double-checking
2006 - Research Digest Issue 59, page 5 (PDF)
2004 (October 7) - Concordia University Thursday Report: Psychologists bring new hope to some sufferers from anxiety
2002 (September 4) - The Suburban: Kitchen key to OCD
Books
Rachman, S., Shafran, R., Coughtrey, A.E., & Radomsky, A.S. (2015). Oxford guide to the treatment of mental contamination. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Book Chapters
Alcolado, G.M., Giraldo-O’Meara, M., Krause, S., Leonhart, M., & Radomsky, A.S. (2023). Information processing in Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. In G. Steketee (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (2nd Ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Neal, R.L., Alcolado, G.M., & Radomsky, A.S. (2017). Responsibility, checking, and reassurance seeking in OCD. In J. Abramowitz, McKay, D., & Storch, E. (2017). Handbook of obsessive-compulsive disorder across the lifespan. Wiley.
Shafran, R., & Radomsky, A.S. (2013). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. In R. Shafran, L. Brosnan, & P. Cooper (Eds.), The Complete CBT Guide to Anxiety. London: Constable & Robinson.
Radomsky, A.S., Ashbaugh, A.R, Gelfand, L.A., & Dugas, M.J. (2008). Doubting and compulsive checking. In J. Abramowitz, S. Taylor & D. McKay (Eds.), Obsessive compulsive disorder: Subtypes and spectrum conditions. The Netherlands: Elsevier Press.
Radomsky, A.S., Bohne, A., & O’Connor, K.P. (2007). Treating comorbid presentations: OCD and disorders of impulse control. In M. Antony, C. Purdon & L. Summerfeldt (Eds.), Psychological treatment of OCD: Fundamentals and beyond. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Dugas, M.J., & Radomsky, A.S., & Brillon, P. (2004). Tertiary intervention for anxiety and prevention of relapse. In D.J.A. Dozois & K.S. Dobson (Eds.). The prevention of anxiety and depression: Theory, research, and practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Rayburn, N.R., Farach, F.J., Radomsky, A.S., & Otto, M. W. (2003). Cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety disorder. In M.H. Pollack, N.M. Simon, & M.W. Otto (Eds.), Social anxiety disorder: Research and practice. NY: Professional Publishing Group Ltd.
Radomsky, A.S., & Otto, M.W. (2001). The cognitive-behavioral treatment of social anxiety disorder. In F. Schneier (Ed.), The Psychiatric Clinics of North America: Social Anxiety Disorder, 24(4), 805-815. PA: W.B. Saunders.