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[The responsibility schema in obsessive compulsive checking and washing]

B Palermou1, G Efstathiou, A Kalantzi-Azizi

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Psychiatrike = Psychiatriki
|January 6, 2012
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Summary

Individuals with obsessive-compulsive checking behaviors report a higher sense of responsibility compared to those with washing behaviors or no symptoms. This highlights the link between responsibility schemas and specific obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) themes.

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