INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY-TRAITS AND OCD

In the light of recent research suggesting that obsessive-compulsive d isorder is mere likely to be associated with constellations of persona lity traits other than obsessive-compulsive personality traits, the pr esent study was undertaken to explore this relationship further and to remove the possibly confounding effects of general pathology, anxiety and depression. By using a non-clinical sample and partialling out th e effects of anxiety and depression, it was found, contrary to recent research, that specific obsessional symptoms were only related to the traits of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.