The role of perfectionism in obsessive-compulsive symptoms: "Not just right" experiences and checking compulsions

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 640-644

  Moretz, Melanie W ^a   McKay, Dean ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear structural relations; Mediation model; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Perfectionism; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FROST MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERFECTIONISM SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERFECTIONISM; SCORING SYSTEM; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOM; VANCOUVER OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RELIGION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249109603     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Bhar S.S., and Kyrios M. Cognitive personality styles associated with depressive and obsessive compulsive phenomena in a non-clinical sample. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 27 (1999) 329-343
2. Bouchard C., Rheaume J., and Ladouceur R. Responsibility and perfectionism in OCD: An experimental study. Behaviour Research and Therapy 37 (1999) 239-248
3. Brown T.A. Confirmatory factor analysis for applied research (2006), The Guilford Press, New York
4. Carmines E., and McIver J. Analyzing models with unobserved variables: Analysis of covariance structures. In: Bohrnstedt G., and Borgatta E. (Eds). Social measurement: Current issues (1981), Sage, Beverly Hills, CA 65-115
5. Coles M.E., Frost R.O., Heimberg R.G., and Rheume J. "Not just right experiences": perfectionism, obsessive-compulsive features and general psychopathology. Behaviour Research and Therapy 41 (2003) 681-700
6. Flett G.L., Hewitt P.L., and Dyck D.G. Self-oriented perfectionism, neuroticism and anxiety. Personality and Individual Differences 10 (1989) 731-735
7. Frost R.O., and DiBartolo P.M. Perfectionism, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. In: Flett G.L., and Hewitt P.L. (Eds). Perfectionism: Theory, research, and treatment (2002), American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 341-371
8. Frost R.O., Heimberg R.G., Holt C.S., Mattia J.I., and Neubauer A.L. A comparison of two measures of perfectionism. Personality and Individual Differences 14 (1993) 119-126
9. Frost R.O., Marten P., Lahart C., and Rosenblate R. The dimensions of perfectionism. Cognitive Therapy and Research 14 (1990) 449-468
10. Hewitt P.L., and Flett G.L. Perfectionism in the self and social contexts: Conceptualization, assessment, and association with psychopathology. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 60 (1991) 456-470
11. Hewitt P., Flett G., Turnball-Donavan W., and Mikail S. The Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale: Reliability, validity, and psychometric properties in psychiatric samples. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 3 (1991) 464-468
12. Julien D., O'Connor K.P., Aardema F., and Todorov C. The specificity of belief domains in obsessive-compulsive symptom subtypes. Personality and Individual Differences 41 (2006) 1205-1216
13. Jöreskog K.G., and Sörbom D. LISREL for Windows [Computer Software] (2006), Scientific Software International, Inc, Lincolnwood, IL
14. Kline P. An easy guide to factor analysis (1994), Routledge, New York
15. McDonald R.P., and Ho M.R. Principles and practice in reporting structural equation analyses. Psychological Methods 7 (2002) 64-82
16. McKay D., Abramowitz J.S., Calamari J.E., Kyrios M., Radomsky A., Sookman D., et al. A critical evaluation of obsessive-compulsive disorder subtypes: Symptoms versus mechanisms. Clinical Psychology Review 24 (2004) 283-313
17. Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group. Cognitive assessment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy 35 (1997) 667-681
18. Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group. Development and initial validation of the Obsessional Beliefs Questionnaire and the Interpretation of Intrusions Inventory. Behaviour Research and Therapy 39 (2001) 987-1006
19. Rachman S.J., and de Silva P. Abnormal and normal obsessions. Behaviour Research and Therapy 16 (1978) 233-248
20. Raykov T., and Marcoulides G.A. A first course in structural equation modeling (2000), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, NJ
21. Spielberger C.D., Gorsuch R.L., Lushene R., Vagg P.R., and Jacobs G.A. Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (Form Y) (1983), Consulting Psychologists Press, Palo Alto, CA
22. Taylor S., McKay D., and Abramowitz J.S. Hierarchical structure of dysfunctional beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 34 (2005) 216-228
23. Thordarson D.S., Radomsky A.S., Rachman S., Shafran R., Sawchuk C.N., and Hakstian A.R. The Vancouver Obsessional Compulsive Inventory (VOCI). Behaviour Research and Therapy 42 (2004) 1289-1314