About this Psychology article

Obsessive‐compulsive Disorder with Predominantly Scrupulous Symptoms: Clinical and Religious Characteristics by Jedidiah Siev; Lee Baer; William E. Minichiello is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.

## Abstract __Objectives__: Scrupulosity is a relatively common but understudied subtype of obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD) characterized by religious or moral fears. It is difficult to treat and frequently disabling. We examined scrupulosity as it relates to (a) treatment‐seeking behavior and perceived treatment gains, (b) the perceived effect of symptoms on religious experience, and (c) conceptions of God. __Method__: Seventy‐two individuals with scrupulous OCD (mean age = 36; 70% women) and 75 individuals with nonscrupulous OCD (mean age = 38; 81% women) completed an internet‐based survey. __Results__: The groups did not differ on demographic variables or overall OCD severity. Compared with the nonscrupulous group, the scrupulous group was (a) more religious, (b) more likely to seek pastoral counseling, (c) less likely to seek medication treatment, and (d) more likely to report that symptoms interfered with their religious experience. Indeed, most scrupulous individuals endorsed that their symptoms interfered with their religious experience. Scrupulous individuals with a more negative concept of God experienced more severe symptoms, whereas a positive description of God was

Author

Jedidiah Siev; Lee Baer; William E. Minichiello

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0021-9762)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)