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 1997 • Pages: 211-222 •

By Fiske, Alan Page, Haslam, Nick

Abstract

This study focuses on obsessive-compulsive disorder in relation to ritual. Features of OCD are coded and analyzed in the contexts of ritual, work and other activities.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Standard Cross Cultural Sample (SCCS)	Researchers Own

Hypotheses (2)
Hypothesis	Supported
"OCD features differentiate rituals from control activities better than features of other psychopathologies" (215).	Supported
Individual OCD features will occur in more ritual segments than in control segments (218).	Supported

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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 1997 • Pages: 211-222 • Cite

By Fiske, Alan Page, Haslam, Nick

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (2)

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease • Vol/Iss. 185 • Published In 1997 • Pages: 211-222 •