TY - JOUR
T1 - Scrupulosity in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
T2 - Relationship to clinical and cognitive phenomena
AU - Nelson, Elizabeth A.
AU - Abramowitz, Jonathan S.
AU - Whiteside, Stephen P.
AU - Deacon, Brett J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was partially supported by grants from the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Scrupulosity is often encountered among individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), yet relatively few studies have examined this particular symptom presentation. Using a large sample of OCD patients, the present investigation examined (a) the relationship between religiosity and scrupulosity, (b) the association between scrupulosity and the severity of OCD, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, and (c) the connection between scrupulosity and cognitive domains related to OCD. Scrupulosity was correlated with obsessional symptoms and several cognitive domains of OCD, including beliefs about the importance of, and need to control intrusive thoughts, an inflated sense of responsibility, and moral thought-action fusion. These results are examined in terms of cognitive behavioral conceptualizations of OCD and the treatment implications of these findings are discussed.
AB - Scrupulosity is often encountered among individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), yet relatively few studies have examined this particular symptom presentation. Using a large sample of OCD patients, the present investigation examined (a) the relationship between religiosity and scrupulosity, (b) the association between scrupulosity and the severity of OCD, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, and (c) the connection between scrupulosity and cognitive domains related to OCD. Scrupulosity was correlated with obsessional symptoms and several cognitive domains of OCD, including beliefs about the importance of, and need to control intrusive thoughts, an inflated sense of responsibility, and moral thought-action fusion. These results are examined in terms of cognitive behavioral conceptualizations of OCD and the treatment implications of these findings are discussed.
KW - Anxiety disorders
KW - Obsessive-compulsive disorder
KW - Religious obsessions
KW - Scrupulosity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.02.001
DO - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2006.02.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 16524696
AN - SCOPUS:33750519036
SN - 0887-6185
VL - 20
SP - 1071
EP - 1086
JO - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
JF - Journal of Anxiety Disorders
IS - 8
ER -