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Behavior Therapy

Volume 22, Issue 4, Autumn 1991, Pages 569-576
Behavior Therapy

Obsessive compulsive disorder: Symptoms and diagnosis in a college sample*

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The Padua Inventory (PI) a self-report measure of obsessions and compulsions, was administered to 678 individuals. Six to seven months after, this initial screening, the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule-Revised (ADIS-R) was administered to 14 individuals who scored in the top 3% and 14 individuals who scored between the 42nd and 48th percentile on the PI. In the diagnostic interview, the 14 high scorers reported significantly more obsessions and compulsions, more general worry, and moresevere physiological symptoms when they worry than the comparison group. In addition, 9 of the 14 high scorers met DSM-III-R criteria for obsessive compulsive disorder with 3 of these 9 individuals also meeting criteria for generalized anxiety disorder though none had ever sought treatment for obsessions, compulsions, or worry. The high scorers also reported more obsessions and compulsions during 7 days of self-monitoring and had more depressive symptoms than the comparison group. Suggestions are made for additional research on OCD.

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This article is based on a dissertation by Lee G. Sternberger, which was supervised by G. Leonard Burns and submitted to Washington State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the doctoral degree. The authors would like to thank Kathy Harris for her assistance. The preparation of this study was supported in part by funds provided by Department of Psychology at Washington State University.

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