Dimensions of Perfectionism in Children and Adolescents with Obsessive-compulsive Disorder
Noam Soreni1, David Streiner2, Randi McCabe3
1Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Chedoke Site, Hamilton, Ontario ; Anxiety Treatment and Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.
Objective:
To measure the association of perfectionism with obsessive-compulsive and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Method:
Sample consisted of 94 youth (44 boys, 49 girls; mean age = 13.2 y, SD = 2.5 y) with a DSM-IV diagnosis of OCD. Perfectionism beliefs were measured with both the Adaptive/Maladaptive Perfectionism Scale (AMPS) and a 14-item version of the Child and Adolescents Perfectionism Scale (CAPS-14). Using a hierarchical linear-regression model, we measured the association of perfectionist beliefs with severity of OCD and depressive symptoms.
Results:
Both AMPS and CAPS-14 scores were associated with the severity of OCD symptoms in our sample. In addition, CAPS-14 scores were associated with the severity of depressive symptoms, even when OCD symptoms were taken into account.
Conclusions:
Our findings lend further support to the hypothesis that perfectionism in youth with OCD is associated with variation in the severity of OCD and depressive symptoms.
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