• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Temporal Stability of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Dimensions in an Undergraduate Sample : A Prospective 2-Year Follow-Up Study : A Prospective 2-Year Follow-Up Study
  • Contributor: Fullana, Miquel A.; Tortella-Feliu, Miquel; Caseras, Xavier; Taberner, Joan; Torrubia, Rafael; Mataix-Cols, David
  • imprint: SAGE Publications, 2007
  • Published in: Behavior Modification
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1177/0145445507301649
  • ISSN: 0145-4455; 1552-4167
  • Keywords: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ; Clinical Psychology ; Developmental and Educational Psychology
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  • Description: <jats:p>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.</jats:p>