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Are different stressful or traumatic life events related to types of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders? An online study

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Fontenelle, Leonardo F., Destrée, Louise, Brierley, Mary-Ellen, Thompson, Emma M., Yücel, Murat, Albertella, Lucy·2021·Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
DOI 10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100170
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In this online study, we investigated whether different stressful life events (SLEs) were associated with specific types of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs) independently from compulsive traits and family history of OCRDs. 774 adult participants completed online questionnaires assessing socio-demographic information, family history, trait compulsivity (Cambridge-Chicago Compulsivity Trait Scale), OCRDs symptom severities, and SLEs events thought to precipitate OCRDs. Different types of SLEs thematically related to specific OCRDs were associated with the presence of clinical obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms, hoarding disorder symptoms and skin picking disorder symptoms independently from compulsivity and family history of OCRDs. However, SLEs were not related to body dysmorphic disorder symptoms or trichotillomania symptoms. Our findings suggest that SLEs or trauma thematically related to OCRDs tend to be differentially represented at the onset of symptoms of these disorders, and that its effect can be independent from family history and personality traits.

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  • Nagy (n=774), felnőtt mintán végzett online vizsgálat szerint a stresszel teli életesemények és a BDD tünetei között nem sikerült kapcsolatot kimutatni.

    “A fentiekhez nem illeszkedik egy nagy ( n 5 774), feln ő tt mintán végzett online vizsgálat eredménye, amely szerint a stresszel teli életesemények és a BDD tünetei között nem sikerült kapcsolatot kimutatni (Fontenelle, Destrée, Brierley, Thompson, Yücel és Albertella, 2021).”

    From A testdiszmorfiás zavar pszichológiai vonatkozásai (2023) · cites this paper as Fontenelle, Destrée, Brierley, Thompson, Yücel és Albertella, 2021

    The Participants section describes an online adult study, and the Descriptive statistics section reports 774 participants analyzed. The Discussion reports no association between clinically significant BDD symptoms and stressful life events involving appearance-related bullying. The claim broadens that finding to stressful life events generally, which the cited passage does not establish. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Fontenelle, L. F., Destrée, L., Brierley, M.-E., Thompson, E. M., Yücel, M., & Albertella, L.
Affiliations
  • Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (BR)
  • Monash University (AU)
Corresponding author
Fontenelle, Leonardo F.
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Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-07
Volume
5
Pages
100170
ISSN
2666-9153 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100170
OpenAlex
W3167338915
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11
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11
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Language
en
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  • Journal of Affective Disorders Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Monash University
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (302526/2018-8)
  • Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (CNE E 26/203.052/2017)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Keywords
obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, life events, traumatic life events, obsessive-compulsive disorder, hoarding disorder, skin picking disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania, compulsivity, family history (medicine), symptom onset

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