...In psychology, it refers to the dominance of thoughts (e.g., the fear that the fire is still burning even though the source has been put out), drives, or actions (e.g., repeatedly returning home from outside to check the source of the fire) that are judged to be meaningless, irrelevant, or irrational to the individual in question. In the UK and the US, the term obsession primarily refers to obsessive thoughts, while compulsion refers to obsessive drives and compulsive actions. The ability to criticize the content of compulsive consciousness is considered an important indicator of obsessions, but in severe cases, insight into the irrationality of the content of the obsession is not perfect, and it is not rare for the individual to only half believe it or half doubt it. *Some of the terminology that refers to "obsessive thinking" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…心理学で,当の人格にとっては無意味,無縁ないしは非合理と判断される思考(例えば火の元を始末したにもかかわらず火がついているのではないかとの懸念),欲動あるいは行動(例えば火の元をたしかめるために何度も外出先から家にひきかえす)が支配的となることを指す。英米ではobsessionという場合には,おもに強迫思考を,compulsionという場合には強迫欲動ならびに強迫行為を指している。強迫的な意識内容について批判力をもっていることが強迫現象の重要な目印とされているが,強迫現象が高度な場合には,強迫内容の非合理性に対する洞察が完ぺきではなく,半信半疑である場合も少なくない。… ※「強迫思考」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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