| Summary: | 'Thought Action Fusion' can be described as a cognitive bias that is particularly observed in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and it refers to appraisals of close association of thoughts in morality and likelihood dimensions and their real-life effects. Although empirical findings mostly highlighted the critical role of Thought Action Fusion in likelihood dimension in psychological problems, in recent years, it is remarkable that with its salient manifestations in individual and social levels, there are increasing number of scientific research on the Thought Action Fusion-Morality subtype in many aspects such as its relationship with superstition, religiosity, cultural values, emotions like guilt, contextual factors, psychological problems and intervention techniques. The current study reviewed literature for last 15 years since the last review article in order to integrate the current findings on about Thought Action Fusion-Morality, which has a different nature. By this way, in this review, it is aimed to have a better understanding of Moral Thought Action Fusion as a phenomenon, to provide an insight about developing psychological intervention programs specified for the concept by summarizing related findings, to present a coherence on scientific research trends for near future and draw attention to the subject. Generally speaking, the results of this review give an impression that Thought Action Fusion-Morality has been studied in terms of various factors such as religiosity, different religions, social and cultural factors, characteristics of object exposed to this fusion and psychological intervention techniques, and they given critical inferences in scientific, clinical and professional areas.
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