The Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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.
Richter
M A
MA
Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, ON, Canada.
Summerfeldt
L J
LJ
Joffe
R T
RT
Swinson
R P
RP
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