Territoriality and obsessive-compulsive symptoms

Citation
Te. Joiner et N. Sachs-ericsson, Territoriality and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, J ANXIETY D, 15(6), 2001, pp. 471-499
Citations number
66
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ANXIETY DISORDERS
ISSN journal
08876185 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
6
Year of publication
2001
Pages
471 - 499
Database
ISI
SICI code
0887-6185(200111/12)15:6<471:TAOS>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We proposed a relationship between territoriality and obsessive-compulsive (OC) symptoms and derived and tested several hypotheses. We predicted that territoriality could be adequately assessed by a new self-report measure, t hat a nonspurious and significant relationship exists between territorialit y and OC symptoms and disorder, that territoriality would serve as a risk f or the future increase of OC symptoms, and that OC disorder (OCD) patients would manifest their territoriality needs by choosing to sit farther from t heir therapists than non-OCD patients. Results from four studies on nonpati ent and patient samples were consistent with our preliminary conceptualizat ion, which deserves continued development and research attention. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All tights reserved.