Associations between miscellaneous symptoms and symptom dimensions in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating psychiatric condition with a heterogeneous array of obsessions and compulsions. Although factor analytic studies have identified symptom dimensions comprising the clinical presentation of OCD, many frequently reported miscellaneous symptoms are not considered in factor analytic studies because they do not fit conceptually within a particular symptom category, despite being functionally related. In the present study, we examined the associations between miscellaneous symptoms and OCD symptom dimensions in a sample of 111 adults with OCD. Overall, most miscellaneous symptoms were associated with one or more symptom dimensions in previously identified four- (14 of the 22 symptoms) and five-factor models (12 of the 22 symptoms). In both models, Contamination/Cleaning was the only dimension not related to any miscellaneous symptom. The present results provide information about which miscellaneous symptoms may be related to particular symptom dimensions, which will assist in clinical evaluations and help planning behavioral psychotherapy (e.g., hierarchy development).
Storch
Eric A
EA
Department of Psychiatry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610 USA. estorch@psychiatry.ufl.edu
McNamara
Joseph
J
Jordan
Cary
C
Marien
Wendi E
WE
Jacob
Marni L
ML
Murphy
Tanya K
TK
Goodman
Wayne K
WK
Geffken
Gary R
GR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*