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Temporal Stability of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Dimensions in an Undergraduate Sample

A Prospective 2-Year Follow-Up Study

Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain King's College London

Miquel Tortella-Feliu

University of the Balearic Islands, Majorca, Spain

Xavier Caseras

Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain King's College London

Joan Taberner

Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Rafael Torrubia

Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

David Mataix-Cols

King's College London

The temporal stability of obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions was studied in a nonclinical student sample. The Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory— Revised was administered twice to 132 undergraduate students during a 2-year period. There were no significant changes in symptom dimension scores between the baseline and follow-up, except for the Obsessing scale. The score of each dimension at follow-up was strongly and uniquely predicted from the score on the same dimension at baseline. The results indicate that obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions tend to be temporally stable in nonclinical participants, replicating similar studies in clinical populations.

Key Words: obsessive-compulsive disorder • assessment • symptom dimensions

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Behavior Modification, Vol. 31, No. 6, 815-824 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0145445507301649


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