Thought suppression.

By R. Wenzlaff, Daniel M. Wegner. Annual Review of Psychology, 2000

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Psychological theories of posttraumatic stress disorder. (2003, background): “…evidence that attempts to suppress unwanted thoughts are usually doomed to failure and that afterwards, the thoughts return even more strongly (Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000), and it has been suggested that the deliberate avoidance of intrusive thoughts and memories will similarly be unhelpful for…”
Psychological flexibility as a mechanism of change in acceptance and commitment therapy (2010, positive): “…matters worse, the attempt to control private experiences can lead to a paradoxical increase in the intensity and frequency of those experiences, and may even result in psychopathology (Hayes, 2004; Hayes et al., 2005; Hayes et al., 1999; Wegner, Erber, & Zanakos, 1993; Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”
The Role of Thought Suppression in Depressive Rumination (2003, positive): “Numerous studies indicate that when thought suppression is disrupted, unwanted thoughts enter awareness with greater intensity and frequency than would have occurred if mental control had never been attempted (for reviews see Wenzlaff, 1993; Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”
Rethinking inhibition theory: On the problematic status of the inhibition theory for forgetting (2013, background): “On first sight such a result seems unlikely, given the well-known finding that instructing a subject not to think about a specific item (e.g., a white bear) will make that item more available on a later test rather than less available (see Wegner, 1994; Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”
Conceptual Foundations of the Transdiagnostic Approach to CBT (2009, background): “Several reviews have noted the prevalence of thought suppression across a range of disorders including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder (Purdon, 1999; Rassin, Merckelbach, & Muris, 2000; Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”
Mindfulness, Assessment, and Transdiagnostic Processes (2007, background): “For example, thought suppression consists of deliberate attempts to avoid or get rid of unwanted thoughts by removing them from awareness (Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”
Negative Cognitive Biases Predict Subsequent Depression (2003, result): “Although size of the load was not calibrated for each individual, the current procedure has the advantage of allowing group administration and has been shown in prior studies to produce predicted effects (Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: Different Treatments, Similar Mechanisms? (2008, background): “Specifically, Wegner and associates have shown that conscious and unconscious thought suppression can be counterproductive, facilitating the return of the very thought(s) one intends to avoid (Abramowitz, Tolin, & Street, 2001; Wegner, 1994; Wegner & Smart, 1997; Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”
Effects of Mindfulness-Acceptance-Commitment (MAC) on Sport-Specific Dispositional Mindfulness, Emotion Regulation, and Self-Rated Athletic Performance in a Multiple-Sport Population: an RCT Study (2019, background): “…University of Gothenburg, Läroverksgatan 5, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden According to the theory of ironic mental processes, struggling to control or suppress a certain thought may often lead to an increasing engagement in the very thought one tries to avoid (Wegner 1989; Wenzlaff and Wegner 2000).”
Cognitive Bias Modification and Cognitive Control Training in Addiction and Related Psychopathology (2013, background): “For example, emotion suppression, known to deplete cognitive resources (Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000), has been found to increase consumption of alcohol in a subsequent taste test (Friese et al., 2008; Ostafin et al., 2008).”
Narcissistic defensiveness: Hypervigilance and avoidance of worthlessness (2009, background): “Further, once suppression is stopped, the suppressed information often reappears, i.e., rebound effects (Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”
Money in the Mental Lives of the Poor (2018, methodology): “We adapted classic paradigms on thought suppression, which show that when people are instructed to avoid thinking about a topic, they can have a hard time doing so (e.g., Wegner, Schneider, Carter, & White, 1987; for a review, see Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”
The habitual consumer. (2009, background): “Inhibitory control also is subject to ironic effects that can activate the unwanted behavior in memory and thereby derail change efforts (Wenzlaff & Wegner, 2000).”