Obsessive–compulsive personality traits: How are they related to OCD severity?

Wetterneck, Chad T.; Little, Tannah E.; Chasson, Gregory S.; Smith, Angela H.; Hart, John; Stanley, Melinda A.; Björgvinsson, Thröstur

doi:10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.06.011

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“…Notwithstanding the conceptual overlap of items, these results indicate that ordering may be strongly motivated by a need for organization or symmetry (and/or vice versa). This finding has been supported in previous research (Wetterneck et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Checking is among the most common OCD symptoms, with over 80% of individuals with OCD having checking compulsions (Antony, Downie, & Swinson, 1998). Therefore, although DA has been linked to OCD severity in previous perfectionism studies (Antony, Purdon, et al, 1998;Lee et al, 2009;Wetterneck et al, 2011), the results of the current study suggest that these findings may be largely attributable to the relationship between DA and checking compulsions. Ultimately, labeling the whole construct of OCD as a disorder of doubt may be mischaracterizing a subset of individuals with OCD.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…In addition, people with OCD score higher on DA (Antony, Purdon, et al, 1998;Frost & Steketee, 1997), CM, PE, and PC (Antony, Purdon, et al, 1998) compared to people with other types of anxiety disorders. A significant relationship between the DA dimension of perfectionism and OCD severity also was demonstrated in a study on OCD personality traits (Wetterneck et al, 2011).…”

Section: Ocd Severity and Perfectionism Dimensionsmentioning

confidence: 68%

“…Moretz and McKay (2009) supported a model in which trait anxiety mediated the relationship between a latent predictor-characterized by DA, CM, PE, and PC-and checking symptoms. In the study by Wetterneck et al (2011), which enrolled a sample of 51 inpatients with OCD, DA correlated with various dimensions of OCD. Results indicated a statistically significant link between DA and both checking and ordering, two symptoms of OCD that have been linked to NJRFs (Coles et al, 2003).…”

Section: Perfectionism Dimensions and Select Ocd Phenotypesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Perfectionism dimensions as predictors of symptom dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Martinelli¹,

Chasson²,

Wetterneck³

et al. 2014

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

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The correlation between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and perfectionism is well documented, yet it remains unclear if dimensions of perfectionism vary as a function of OCD symptom dimensions. To this end, the present study investigated the unique associations between dimensions of perfectionism (i.e., concern over mistakes, doubts about actions, personal standards, parental criticism, parental expectations, and organization) and OCD symptom dimensions (i.e., hoarding, washing, checking, ordering, obsessing, and neutralizing). The study included adult patients with OCD (N = 46) from a residential OCD treatment program. Consistent with previous research, doubts about actions was a significant predictor of overall OCD severity and OCD checking symptoms. The organization dimension of perfectionism was a significant predictor of OCD ordering symptoms. The current study provides evidence for the unique relationships between OCD symptoms and perfectionism dimensions that encourage a movement toward greater phenotypic specificity within existing models of OCD.

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Section: Ocd Severity and Perfectionism Dimensionsmentioning

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confidence: 99%

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Perfectionism dimensions as predictors of symptom dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder

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Wetterneck³

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“…These studies report higher rates of symmetry/ordering (Coles, et al, 2008; Garyfallos, et al, 2010; Lochner, et al, 2011), checking (Garyfallos, et al, 2010; Lochner, et al, 2011), cleaning (Coles, et al, 2008; Garyfallos, et al, 2010), and overresponsibility for harm (Garyfallos, et al, 2010) in these patients. Furthermore, Wetterneck et al (2011) recently demonstrated a significant relationships between perfectionism and the OCD symptom dimensions of checking and ordering, similar to our findings.…”

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confidence: 92%

Prevalence of childhood obsessive–compulsive personality traits in adults with obsessive compulsive disorder versus obsessive compulsive personality disorder

Pinto

Greene

Storch

et al. 2015

Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders

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Identifying risk factors of psychopathology has been an important research challenge. Prior studies examining the impact of childhood temperament on adult disorder have largely focused on undercontrolled and inhibited presentations, with little study of overcontrolled traits such as obsessive-compulsive personality traits (OCPTs). We compared rates of childhood OCPTs in adults with OCD (without OCPD) (n = 28) to adults with OCPD (without OCD) (n = 27), adults with both OCD and OCPD (n = 28), and healthy controls (HC) (n= 28), using the Childhood Retrospective Perfectionism Questionnaire, a validated measure of perfectionism, inflexibility, and drive for order. Adults with OCPD (both with and without comorbid OCD) reported higher rates of all three childhood OCPTs relative to HC. Individuals with OCD (without OCPD) reported higher rates of inflexibility and drive for order relative to HC, suggesting that these traits may presage the development of OCD, independent of OCPD. Childhood OCPTs were associated with particular OCD symptom dimensions in adulthood (contamination/cleaning, doubt/checking, and symmetry/ordering), independent of OCD onset age and OCPD diagnosis. Longitudinal prospective studies evaluating OCPTs in children are needed to better understand the progression of these traits from childhood to adulthood and their ability to predict future psychopathology.

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Impulsivity and compulsivity as parallel mediators of emotion dysregulation in eating‐related addictive‐like behaviors, alcohol use, and compulsive exercise

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Introduction:Transdiagnostically relevant psychological traits associated with psychiatric disorders are increasingly being researched, notably in substance use and addictive behaviors. We investigated whether emotion dysregulation mediated by impulsivity and/or compulsivity could explain variance in binge eating, food addiction, selfstarvation, and compulsive exercise, as well as alcohol use (addictive-like behaviors relevant to the obesity and eating disorder fields). Method:A general population sample of adults (N = 500, mean age = 32.5 years), females (n = 376) and males (n = 124), completed the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-16, the Trait Rash Impulsivity Scale, the Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory-Revised, the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire, the Self-Starvation Scale, the Exercise Dependence Scale, the Yale Food Addiction Scale, and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test online. Besides gender comparisons and intercorrelations between measures, we used predefined multiple mediation models with emotion dysregulation as independent variable, impulsivity and compulsivity as parallel mediators, to investigate whether these factors contributed explanatory power to each addictivelike behavior as outcome, also using age and body mass index as covariates.Results: Females scored higher than males on emotion dysregulation and the eatingrelated addictive-like behaviors food addiction, self-starvation, and binge eating. Intercorrelations between measures showed that emotion dysregulation and compulsivity were associated with all outcome variables, impulsivity with all except compulsive exercise, and the eating-related behaviors intercorrelated strongly. Mediation models showed full or partial mediation of emotion dysregulation for all behaviors, especially via compulsivity, suggesting a behavior-specific pattern. Mediation models were not affected by age or gender.Discussion: Addictive-like behaviors seemed to be maintained by trait levels of emotion dysregulation, albeit channeled via trait levels of compulsivity and/orThis is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Obsessive–compulsive personality traits: How are they related to OCD severity?

Cited by 26 publications

References 41 publications

Perfectionism dimensions as predictors of symptom dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Perfectionism dimensions as predictors of symptom dimensions of obsessive-compulsive disorder

Prevalence of childhood obsessive–compulsive personality traits in adults with obsessive compulsive disorder versus obsessive compulsive personality disorder

Impulsivity and compulsivity as parallel mediators of emotion dysregulation in eating‐related addictive‐like behaviors, alcohol use, and compulsive exercise

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