Stability of the Pregnancy Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Symptoms Checklist

Authors :: Annemiek Karreman
Victor J M Pop
Kiki E. M. van Broekhoven
Esther Hartman
Medical and Clinical Psychology
Source :: Archives of Women's Mental Health, Archives of Womens Mental Health, 21(1). Springer Wien
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.
Abstract: Because stability over time is central to the definition of personality disorder, aim of the current study was to determine the stability of the Pregnancy Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) Symptoms Checklist (N = 199 women). Strong positive correlations between assessments at 32 weeks of pregnancy and 2 and 3–3.5 years after childbirth were found (r between .62–.72), and the group mean score did not change over time. The Pregnancy OCPD Symptoms Checklist assesses stable, trait-like symptoms of OCPD.Keywords: Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, Stability, Personality, Validation

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