title: Obsessive-compulsive disorders and anxiety disorders: A comparison of personality and emotionality patterns.
abstract: Even though obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) and anxiety disorders (AD) have been separated in the taxonomy adopted by the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, many issues remain concerning the physiopathological similarities and differences between those categories. Our objective was therefore to explore and compare their personality and emotional features, with the assumption that the distinction of two independent spectrums should imply the existence of two partially distinct temperamental profiles. We used the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-R) and the Positive and Negative Emotionality (PNE) scale to compare two groups of patients with OCD (n=227) or AD (n=827). The latter group included patients with social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and generalized anxiety disorder. Most temperament, character and emotionality measures showed no significant differences between both groups. In the personality measures results, only the self-directedness score (TCI-R) was significantly lower in OCD patients but this difference was not significant when the comparison was adjusted for the depressive scale score and age. Only lower PNE positive affects scores were obtained in OCD patients in the adjusted comparisons. These findings suggest that OCD and AD are not really distinguishable from the point of view of associated personality traits.
authors: AP-HP, Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM U955, Fondation FondaMental, Créteil, France. Electronic address: antoine.pelissolo@inserm.fr.
authors: Antoine
authors: A
authors: Pelissolo
authors: AP-HP, Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM U955, Fondation FondaMental, Créteil, France.
authors: Albert
authors: A
authors: Moukheiber
authors: AP-HP, Service de Psychiatrie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Université Paris-Est Créteil, INSERM U955, Fondation FondaMental, Créteil, France; Behaviour, Emotion, and Basal Ganglia, UPMC - INSERM UMR 975 - CNRS UMR 7225, ICM - Brain & Spine Institute, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France.
authors: Luc
authors: L
authors: Mallet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002605:Character; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D016584:Panic Disorder; D010551:Personality; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010698:Phobic Disorders; D013694:Temperament
keywords: Anxiety; Compulsion; Emotionality; Obsession; Personality; Phobia; Temperament