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Imaginative, dissociative, and schizotypal processes in obsessive-compulsive symptoms

✍ Scribed by Frederick Aardema; Kevin D. Wu

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
116 KB
Volume
67
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9762

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✦ Synopsis

This study investigates imaginative, dissociative, and schizotypal processes that are potentially relevant to obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms. Students (n 5 377) completed questionnaires that assessed inferential confusion, absorption, schizotypal personality, and other domains. Hierarchical regression revealed that inferential confusion and absorption were the most consistent predictors of OC symptoms; other content predicted variance for specific OC symptoms. For example, schizotypal personality predicted checking and hoarding symptoms, but not cleanliness or ordering rituals. Immersive tendencies predicted cleanliness and hoarding but not checking or ordering rituals. Results are consistent with an inference-based model of OC, in which an overreliance on imagination during reasoning gives rise to experiences that are inconsistent with reality. This study suggests additional domains that may help explain why intrusive thoughts become obsessions.

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