“…However, those high in obsessionality are often withdrawn and emotionally unstable, raising the possibility that any obsessionality in sexual offenders is due to their underlying personality. Egan, Kavanagh, and Blair (2005) Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory. Although more sexual deviance was associated with greater obsessionality, the relationship remained when the effect of obsessionality (normally related to emotional instability) was controlled-for.…”