Is obsessive-compulsive disorder a pathology of the human disposition to perform socially meaningful rituals? Evidence of similar content

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Vol/Iss. 185 Published In Pages: 211-222
By Fiske, Alan Page, Haslam, Nick

Hypothesis

"OCD features differentiate rituals from control activities better than features of other psychopathologies" (215).

Note

Results were also broken down by region and found to significantly support predictions.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Analysis of varianceSupportedp<.001UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Activity Type (ritual, Work, Other)AssociationLabor And Leisure, Ritual
Feature Type (ocd Vs. Non-ocd)AssociationNONE
Occurance ProbabilityAssociationNONE