Imaginary relish and exquisite torture: the elaborated intrusion theory of desire.

By David J. Kavanagh, Jackie Andrade, Jon May. Psychology Review, 2005

849 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Clinical Psychology

1. Wilhelm Hofmann
2. L. V. Dillen
3. Dhruvi M. Shah
4. T. Lang
5. Thomas Coode-Bate
6. Ella L. James
7. C. Deeprose
8. Emily A. Holmes

In Social Psychology

1. Wilhelm Hofmann
2. Malte Friese
3. L. V. Dillen
4. B. Schmeichel
5. Emily A. Holmes
6. Ruud Custers
7. E. Papies
8. Ingmar H. A. Franken

In Sociology and Political Science

1. Wilhelm Hofmann
2. Malte Friese
3. L. V. Dillen
4. Lawrence W. Barsalou
5. B. Schmeichel
6. Ruud Custers
7. E. Papies
8. Henk Aarts

Citations in the corpus

• A Meta-Analytic Investigation of the Relationship Between Attentional Bias and Subjective Craving in Substance Abuse (2009, background): “…of attention subsequently proves to be a robust one, this would be consistent with theoretical models that suggest that craving strength should be correlated with the extent of rumination on, or slow disengagement of attention from, substance-related cues (e.g., Kavanagh et al., 2005).”
• Working memory and self-regulation (2011, background): “Via this route, (automatically triggered) desire-related thoughts and feelings may develop into elaborated desires that commandeer considerable working memory resources (Kavanagh et al., 2005).”
• Sensory Imagery in Craving: From Cognitive Psychology to New Treatments for Addiction (2012, background): “For example, Kavanagh et al. (2009) found that most people with alcohol problems have sensory imagery during their strongest craving episodes when they are trying to control their alcohol use, with their imagery combining more than two senses on average.”
• Desire The New Hot Spot in Self-Control Research (2012, methodology): “Moreover, as people ruminate about their desires (Kavanagh et al., 2005), they may generate more supporting cognitions that license and justify indulgence.”
• How can we conceptualize behavioral addiction without pathologizing common behaviors? (2017, neutral): “nomenological level, similar to common desire [28].”
• Developing interpretation bias modification as a "cognitive vaccine" for depressed mood: imagining positive events makes you feel better than thinking about them verbally. (2009, background): “In the positive domain, individuals can indulge in positive imaginal daydreams, reveries, and fantasies (Kavanagh et al., 2005) without contradicting them until they come to an end (and then switch to comparative or verbal processing).”
• Elaborated Intrusion Theory: A Cognitive-Emotional Theory of Food Craving (2012, neutral): “The Elaborated Intrusion Theory of Desire 11 (EI theory) describes the conscious experience of craving as a cycle of mental elaboration of an initial intrusive thought.”
• Mindful Attention Prevents Mindless Impulses (2012, background): “In line with Study 2, this suggests that viewing attractive food items enhances the approach bias toward them, possibly because participants mentally simulate actually eating them (Kavanagh et al., 2005; Simmons et al., 2005).”
• Mental Imagery: Functional Mechanisms and Clinical Applications (2015, neutral): “Similarly, imagery of a desired substance may contribute to cravings and thereby drive addictive behaviors [84,85].”