"Not Just Right Experiences" are specific to obsessive-compulsive disorder: further evidence from Italian clinical samples.
Not Just Right Experiences (NJREs) are considered to be a perceptually tinged phenomenon mainly related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The evidence of an association between NJREs and OCD or OC symptoms have been accumulating in the last few years, whereas there is a paucity of studies about the role of this construct in other clinical conditions considered part of the "OCD spectrum". In the current study, the NJRE-Q-R Severity scale (a well-validated measure of NJREs) was administered to 41 patients with OCD, 53 with hair-pulling disorder (HPD), 38 with gambling disorder (GD) and 43 with eating disorders (ED) along with measures of OC symptoms and general distress. In each group, NJREs were consistently associated with OC symptoms; moreover, the pattern of associations appeared coherent with the main clinical features of each disorder. The OCD group reported higher levels of NJREs severity than GD and ED, whereas there were no differences between the OCD and HPD groups. However, HPD patients did not have higher scores of NJREs severity than GD and ED counterparts. NJREs appear to be specific to OCD, but further study is needed to establish the role of this construct in OCD-related disorders.
Department of Health Sciences, University of Firenze, Italy. Electronic address: claudio.sica@unifi.it.
Claudio
C
Sica
Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.
Gioia
G
Bottesi
Department of Health Sciences, University of Firenze, Italy.
Antonella
A
Orsucci
Casa di cura Neuropsichiatrica "Villa dei Pini", Firenze, Italy.
Caterina
C
Pieraccioli
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
Cecilia
C
Sighinolfi
Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.
Marta
M
Ghisi
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology
Eating disorders; Gambling disorder; Hair-pulling disorder; Not Just Right Experiences; Obsessive–compulsive disorder