Severity of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms is Related to Self-Directedness Character Trait in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Objective: The present study examined the psychobiological Temperament and Character model of personality on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients, as well as the relation of temperament and/or character dimensions on the severity of obsessive-compubive symptoms. Methods: Fifty-four subjects diagnosed with OCD, were assessed with the Temperament and Character Inventory, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive scale and the Hamilton Rating Scales for depression and anxiety. Results: Compared with controls, OCD subjects displayed increased harm avoidance and lower self-directedness and cooperativeness. Low self-directedness and high Hamilton depression scores were associated with increased severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Conclusions: The Temperament and Character profile of OCD patients characterized in the present stud personality model and can be linked to some of their behavioral features. Furthermore, our data provides support of the influence that some personality traits may have on the severity of OCD symptoms.
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Self-efficacy is positively correlated with symptom severity in OCD.
“Also, self-efficacy, someone’s belief in his or her capacity to perform actions necessary to attain certain goals, has found to be positively correlated with symptom severity in OCD [20, 21].”
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- Authors
- Cruz-Fuentes, C., Blas, C., Gonzalez, L., Camarena, B., & Nicolini, H.
- ORCID
- Nicolini, Humberto
- Venue
- CNS Spectrums
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2004-08
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 607-612
- ISSN
- 1092-8529 (ISSN-L)
- 2165-6509
- OpenAlex
- W1805728304
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CNS Spectrums (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Keywords
- obsessive-compulsive disorder, self-direction, Temperament and Character Inventory, harm avoidance, cooperativeness, personality traits, depression, anxiety
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Character, Depressive Disorder, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Middle Aged, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Personality Assessment, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Temperament, Comorbidity, Risk Assessment, Early Diagnosis
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