title: The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
abstract: This study examined the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire in 32 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Scores on the Harm Avoidance (HA) dimension alone were found to distinguish the patient from normal volunteers. The impact of multiple anxiety disorders and of the specific lower-order HA trait of fear of uncertainty was also demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Summerfeldt
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Joffe
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Swinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results