title: Obsessive-compulsive disorder and its relationship with disgust vulnerability and conscientiousness.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms, disgust vulnerability, and the Five Factor Model (FFM) of personality.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 100 adult patients with OCD as a primary diagnosis and 246 with other anxiety disorders (OADs), who responded to OCD, disgust vulnerability, anxiety, depression and personality questionnaires. To perform parametric statistical calculations, all questionnaire scores were transformed from raw ordinal-scale scores to Rasch measures, with interval properties.
  
  
  RESULTS
  OCD patients scored significantly higher than OAD patients on DPSS-R Disgust Sensitivity and DPSS-R Disgust Propensity, with a large effect size observed on Disgust Propensity. Furthermore, strong correlations were observed between DPSS-R Propensity to Disgust model scores and DOCS Contamination model scores. Finally, NEO FFI Conscientiousness trait was significantly higher in OCD patients.
authors.affiliation: Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz.
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Inchausti
authors.forename: Ana R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prieto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D003242:Conscience; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D000072861:Phobia, Social / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires