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D’Olimpio, Francesca; Cosentino, Teresa; Basile, Barbara; Tenore, Katia; Gragnani, Andrea; Mancini, Francesco
Obsessive-compulsive disorder and propensity to guilt feelings and to disgust Journal Article
In: Clinical Neuropsychiatry, vol. 10, no 3, pp. 20-29, 2013.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tag: checking, disgust propensity, guilt feelings, obsessive-compulsive disorder, washing compulsions
@article{D’Olimpio2013,
title = {Obsessive-compulsive disorder and propensity to guilt feelings and to disgust},
author = {Francesca D’Olimpio and Teresa Cosentino and Barbara Basile and Katia Tenore and Andrea Gragnani and Francesco Mancini},
editor = {Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l.},
url = {https://apc.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-and-propensity-to-guilt.pdf},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-10-18},
journal = {Clinical Neuropsychiatry},
volume = {10},
number = {3},
pages = {20-29},
abstract = {Objective: According to a large scientific literature, propensity to guilt feeling and to disgust plays an important role in pathogenesis and maintenance of OCD. However it is still not completely clear whether OC patients show greater guilt and disgust propensity, when compared to healthy subjects and other anxiety disorders, whether checkers and washers OCD subtypes show some differences in their guilt and disgust propensity, whether there is an association between guilt and disgust propensity and OC symptoms severity. The aim of the present research is to answer to these questions.
Method: We recruited 73 OCD patients (11 washers, 49 checkers, 13 both), 19 other-anxiety disorders patients and 87 non-clinical controls (NCC).
Results: Results confirmed that OCD patients were more prone to guilt feelings and disgust than both anxious and NCC. There were no differences between OC subtypes. Propensity to guilt feelings and to disgust was significantly correlated with OC symptom severity. Moreover, propensity to guilt feelings was significantly correlated to disgust propensity only in OCD group.
Conclusions: These findings are in line with results of other research suggesting that OCD patients suffer of deontological guilt, which is strictly connected to disgust},
keywords = {checking, disgust propensity, guilt feelings, obsessive-compulsive disorder, washing compulsions},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Objective: According to a large scientific literature, propensity to guilt feeling and to disgust plays an important role in pathogenesis and maintenance of OCD. However it is still not completely clear whether OC patients show greater guilt and disgust propensity, when compared to healthy subjects and other anxiety disorders, whether checkers and washers OCD subtypes show some differences in their guilt and disgust propensity, whether there is an association between guilt and disgust propensity and OC symptoms severity. The aim of the present research is to answer to these questions.
Method: We recruited 73 OCD patients (11 washers, 49 checkers, 13 both), 19 other-anxiety disorders patients and 87 non-clinical controls (NCC).
Results: Results confirmed that OCD patients were more prone to guilt feelings and disgust than both anxious and NCC. There were no differences between OC subtypes. Propensity to guilt feelings and to disgust was significantly correlated with OC symptom severity. Moreover, propensity to guilt feelings was significantly correlated to disgust propensity only in OCD group.
Conclusions: These findings are in line with results of other research suggesting that OCD patients suffer of deontological guilt, which is strictly connected to disgust
Method: We recruited 73 OCD patients (11 washers, 49 checkers, 13 both), 19 other-anxiety disorders patients and 87 non-clinical controls (NCC).
Results: Results confirmed that OCD patients were more prone to guilt feelings and disgust than both anxious and NCC. There were no differences between OC subtypes. Propensity to guilt feelings and to disgust was significantly correlated with OC symptom severity. Moreover, propensity to guilt feelings was significantly correlated to disgust propensity only in OCD group.
Conclusions: These findings are in line with results of other research suggesting that OCD patients suffer of deontological guilt, which is strictly connected to disgust
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Mancini, Francesco; D'Olimpio, Francesca; Cieri, Luca
Manipulation of responsibility in non-clinical subjects: does expectation of failure exacerbate obsessive–compulsive behaviors? Journal Article
In: Behaviour Research and Therapy, vol. 42, no 4, pp. 449 - 457, 2004, ISSN: 0005-7967.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tag: checking, Compulsive, Coping ability, Hesitation, Obsessive, Responsibility
@article{Mancini2004449,
title = {Manipulation of responsibility in non-clinical subjects: does expectation of failure exacerbate obsessive–compulsive behaviors?},
author = {Francesco Mancini and Francesca D'Olimpio and Luca Cieri},
editor = {Elsevier ScienceDirect},
url = {https://apc.it/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2004_manipulation-of-responsibility-in-non_clinical-subjects-does-expectation-of-failure-exacerbate-obsessive_compulsive-behaviors.pdf},
doi = {10.1016/S0005-7967(03)00153-0},
issn = {0005-7967},
year = {2004},
date = {2004-01-01},
journal = {Behaviour Research and Therapy},
volume = {42},
number = {4},
pages = {449 - 457},
abstract = {An exaggerated sense of responsibility is currently considered as the ground for the obsessive–compulsive disorder. Obsessive-like behaviors, such as hesitations and checks, may be induced in non-clinical subjects by increasing perceived responsibility (i.e., perceived personal influence on negative outcomes). In line with Salkovskis’ proposal [The cognitive approach to anxiety: threat beliefs, safety-seeking behavior, and the special case of health anxiety and obsessions, in: P.M. Salkovskis (Ed.), Frontiers of Cognitive Therapy, Guilford, New York], we tested the hypothesis that reduced coping abilities (i.e., an exaggerated expectation of failure) are another effectual factor contributing to obsessive-like behaviors. We examined 47 normal volunteers in a visuo-spatial memory task, and manipulated their perceived personal influence and expectation of failure by giving differential instructions and feedback about their performance. Increase of perceived personal influence induced slowness, hesitations and checks without enhancing performance. Expectation of failure exacerbated obsessive-like behaviors, again without affecting performance. These results confirm the role of responsibility in obsessive-like behavior and indicate that reduced coping abilities may contribute to worsen dysfunctional strategies.},
keywords = {checking, Compulsive, Coping ability, Hesitation, Obsessive, Responsibility},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
An exaggerated sense of responsibility is currently considered as the ground for the obsessive–compulsive disorder. Obsessive-like behaviors, such as hesitations and checks, may be induced in non-clinical subjects by increasing perceived responsibility (i.e., perceived personal influence on negative outcomes). In line with Salkovskis’ proposal [The cognitive approach to anxiety: threat beliefs, safety-seeking behavior, and the special case of health anxiety and obsessions, in: P.M. Salkovskis (Ed.), Frontiers of Cognitive Therapy, Guilford, New York], we tested the hypothesis that reduced coping abilities (i.e., an exaggerated expectation of failure) are another effectual factor contributing to obsessive-like behaviors. We examined 47 normal volunteers in a visuo-spatial memory task, and manipulated their perceived personal influence and expectation of failure by giving differential instructions and feedback about their performance. Increase of perceived personal influence induced slowness, hesitations and checks without enhancing performance. Expectation of failure exacerbated obsessive-like behaviors, again without affecting performance. These results confirm the role of responsibility in obsessive-like behavior and indicate that reduced coping abilities may contribute to worsen dysfunctional strategies.