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Symmetry, ordering and arranging compulsive behaviour.

A S Radomsky1, S Rachman

  • 1Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. adam.radomsky@concordia.ca

Behaviour Research and Therapy
|June 5, 2004
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People with a strong preference for order experience more anxiety in disorganized environments, suggesting compulsive ordering in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may be an extreme form of a common trait.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Behavioral Science

Background:

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) features include compulsive ordering, arranging, and symmetry preoccupation, which lack experimental examination.
  • Understanding these specific OCD symptoms is crucial for diagnosis and treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To experimentally investigate compulsive ordering, arranging, and symmetry preferences in relation to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
  • To develop and validate a self-report measure for these specific behaviors.
  • To assess the impact of environmental disorganization on task performance in individuals with varying order preferences.

Main Methods:

  • Development and validation of a self-report measure for compulsive ordering and symmetry behaviors.

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  • Experimental tasks assessing preferences for order.
  • Assessment of task interference due to environmental disorganization under stress.

    • Main Results:

    • The developed self-report measure demonstrated sound psychometric properties and validity.
    • Individuals with a high preference for order experienced increased anxiety when performing a stressful task in a disorganized environment.
    • No significant anxiety increase was observed in participants with lower order preferences.

    Conclusions:

    • Compulsive ordering and symmetry drives in OCD may represent extreme expressions of common preferences for order and symmetry.
    • The findings contribute to understanding the phenomenology of compulsive ordering and its connection to both OCD and normative behavior.